August Amadé

August Amadé was born August Baron von Pereira-Arnstein on 17 December 1867 in Stetteldorf am Wagram (at that time part of Austria-Hungary, today Austria). He displayed early musical talent, composing piano works for four hands by the age of eleven. While attending high school in Linz, he took lessons in harmony, piano, and organ under Karl Waldeck. However, he was unable to fulfill his wish to study music at the Vienna Conservatory. 
Following his graduation in 1886, he entered the military in Vienna. His subsequent military training and postings took place in Mährisch Weißkirchen, Brünn, and Göding, before he was transferred back to Vienna in 1897. There, he fiercely utilized his time in the capital to advance his musical education, studying instrumentation and counterpoint under prominent figures like Josef Reiter, Robert Fischhof, and Franz Haböck. That same year, 1897, he became a member of the newly founded Austrian Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers (AKM), and later joined both the Austrian Composers' Association and the Musicians' Union. Over the following years, he served as a platoon commander in Enns, Vienna, and Olmütz, and worked as a riding instructor in Wels, until he was granted a temporary military leave of absence from 1907 until April 1910. During this time, August Amadé moved to Paris to focus entirely on his music, where several of his works achieved public performance. Upon returning to active duty, he served as a cavalry captain, eventually rising to the rank of colonel of the Hussar Regiment in Enns, a position he held until his retirement in 1919. He remained in Enns during his retirement and finally dedicated himself fully to writing and composing. 
His artistic output included a Klavier-Sinfonie, large-scale choral pieces like Wacht am Rhein, a string quartet, military marches, and sixteen Lieder based on the poetry of Lenau, Heine, and Eichendorff. 
August Amadé died on 27 July 1930 in Inzersdorf (Austria).

In my possession is the autograph manuscript of the piano piece "In höheren Sphären" by August Amadé. The work is the No.8 from the set "10 kleine Klavier-Etuden" op.68 and the work is dedicated to Elly Ney.