- Hermann Grabner
Hermann Grabner (
May 12 ,1866 –July 3 ,1969 ) was anAustria ncomposer andmusic teacher .Grabner was born in
Graz in 1866. He studied law at theUniversity of Graz graduating in 1909. In parallel he studied music withLeopold Suchsland until 1910. He also played temporarily theviola for the theatherorchester. He then studied at the Leipzig Conservatory withMax Reger andHans Sitt . In 1912 he worked as assistant to Reger in theMeininger Theater . In 1913 he became teacher ofmusic theory at theConservatoire de Strasbourg . He served in the German Army duringWorld War I . From 1919 to 1924 he was teacher of theory and composition at theHochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim . He also taught at the Music Academy inHeidelberg .Fact|date=June 2008 He was then teacher of composition at the Leipzig Conservatory, where his students includedHugo Distler ,Artur Immisch , andMiklós Rózsa . From 1930 he was music director of the University. From 1938 to 1946 he taught at the Berlin Musikhochschule.He composed seven
opera s,Fact|date=June 2008 including "Die Richterin" with libretto by Beyerlein after C. F. Meyer [cite web|title=Operone:Hermann Grabner|url=http://www.operone.de/komponist/grabner.html|accessdate=2008-09-03|language=German] , premiered in theBarmen State Theater in 1930 [Google_books|IhU3AAAAMAAJ|Deutsches Bühnen-jahrbuch: Theatergeschichtliches Jahr- und Adressenbuch (in German), Volume 42 (1931). Published by F.A.Günther & sohn a.-g. Page 65] ; orchestral works,chamber music , choral works,Lied er, twomotet s and numerous organ pieces.He died in 1969 in
Bolzano .References
* Translated from the [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hermann_Grabner&oldid=45235919 German Wikipedia article]
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