Helmut Eder

Helmut Eder (b. Dec. 26, 1916, Linz - d. February 8, 2005, Salzburg) was an Austrian composer.

Eder studied until 1948 at the Linz Conservatory, later studying with Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart and Carl Orff in Munich. Returning to Linz, he became a teacher at the Linz Conservatory, accepting a position as full professor in 1962. He also conducted the "Singakademie" in Linz from 1953-60 and founded an electronic music studio in the city in 1959. He became professor of composition at the Salzburg Mozarteum in 1967.

Eder composed in a wide variety of traditional genres, and also wrote scores for film, television, and radio.

Works

;Operas
* "Oedipus" (1958/59), H. Weinstock, after Sophocles, 1960 Linz
* "Der Kardinal" (1961/62), E. Brauner, 1965 Linz
* "Die weiße Frau" (1966), K. Kleinschmidt
* "Konfigurationen 3" (1969), R. Bayr Vienna
* "Der Aufstand" (1976), Gertrud Fussenegger, Linz
* "Georges Dandin" (1979), Linz
* "Mozart in New York" (1989/90), Herbert Rosendorfer, 1991 Salzburg

;Other"Note:this list is incomplete"
*"Concerto Semiserio" (2 pianos, orchestra, 1962)
*"Concertino for Orchestra" (1986)
*Violin Concerto
*Oboe Concerto
*Bassoon Concerto
*Organ Concerto on "L'homme armé"
*"Metamorphosen" on a fragment of Mozart (1970)
*"...Missa est" (1986)
*String Quartet No. 3 (1986)
*Symphonies, ballets, other chamber works, organ works, choral music, songs

References

*Don Randel, "The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music". Harvard, 1996, pp. 239-240.