Hans Ewald Heller

Hans Ewald Heller (17 April 1894 – 1 October 1966) was an Austrian-American composer, music critic and teacher.[1]

Hans Ewald Heller
Born
Hans Edwald Heller

(1894-04-17)17 April 1894
Vienna, Austria
DiedOctober 1, 1966(1966-10-01) (aged 72)
New York City
Occupation(s)Composer, music critic, teacher

Life

Heller studied with Camilla Horn and J. B. Foerster and received a doctorates from the University of Prague and the University of Vienna. He lived in Vienna where he worked as a music teacher and critic, editing several journals and magazines.[1][2] He was an orchestrator for the Vienna Broadcasting System and taught classes on music for film.[3] He was described in The New York Times as being the cousin of Albert Einstein.[4]

In 1938, he moved to the United States and died in 1966.[1][2]

Selected compositions

Light operas
  • Satan (Vienna, 1927)
  • Messalina (Prague, 1928)
  • Der Liebling von London (Vienna, 1930)

Overtures
  • Carnival in New Orleans (1940)

Cantatas
  • Ode to Our Women (1942)[5]

References
  1. Slonimsky, Nicolas; Kuhn, Laura Diane (2001). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New York: Schirmer Books. p. 1519. ISBN 978-0-02-865530-7.
  2. "Hans Ewald Heller, a Music Editor, 72". The New York Times. 1966-10-02. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  3. "Dr Hans E. Heller, Viennese Composer, in America". Musical Courier. 119 (12): 12. 15 June 1939.
  4. "Internment Camps in France Scored; Martin Baer, American Painter, Describes Conditions as Almost Intolerable; Heavy Labor Required – Hans Keller, Composer, Said to Be Cousin of Einstein, One of Intellectuals Held". The New York Times. 1940-12-22. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  5. "Tehila Nini Goldstein and Jascha Nemtsov perform Hans Heller's "Vom kleinen Alltag" - 4 Lieder op. 8". YouTube. October 18, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
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