Armand Hiebner

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Armand Louis Hiebner (born April 17, 1898 in St. Gallen ; † December 31, 1990 in Binningen ) was a Swiss music critic and choir director .

Life

Hiebner's grandfather immigrated to Switzerland from Lorraine with the Bourbaki army in 1871 . Hiebner grew up in St. Gallen and moved to Basel in 1914 to study with Hermann Suter (composition) and Georg Haeser (music theory) at the Basel Conservatory . In 1923 he completed his studies with Walter Courvoisier at the Academy of Music in Munich .

He worked as a music critic for various daily newspapers in the Basel region ( Basler Volksblatt , Basler Nachrichten , National-Zeitung ) and worked as a freelancer for Radio Basel . Hiebner conducted numerous amateur choirs in the region, such as the church choir at the Catholic Holy Cross Church in Binningen from 1935 to 1963 . He was involved in the founding of the Northwestern Switzerland Choral Conductors Association in 1935 and was made an honorary member in 1977. As a composer, Hiebner wrote works for organ, piano, choir and orchestra as well as songs and stage music a. a. for the Basel Marionette Theater.

Hiebner died on New Year's Eve 1990 in the Langmatten nursing home in Binningen after a brief illness. The Armand and Emilie Hiebner Foundation supports concert projects at the Binningen Holy Cross Church and performances of his works to this day.

Works

  • Cross-section of music history. Amerbach Verlag, Basel 1947.
  • French music. Edited by Paul Schaller , Verlag Otto Walter, Olten / Freiburg i. Br. 1952.

literature

  • Heinz Löhrer: Armand Hiebner. In: Basler Volksblatt . April 15, 1978.
  • Albert Müry: Armand Hiebner on the eightieth. In: Basler Zeitung . April 15, 1978.
  • JG: Armand Hiebner on your eightieth. In: Basler Zeitung. No. 104, April 17, 1978, p. 33.
  • Armand Hiebner on his 90th birthday. In: Basellandschaftliche Zeitung . April 16, 1988.
  • H. Bühler: Armand Hiebner. In: Heimatkunde Binningen. 1978, p. 269.
  • Willi Schuh et. al .: Swiss Musicians' Lexicon. 1946, p. 170.

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personal data
SURNAME Hiebner, Armand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hiebner, Armand Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss choir director and organist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1990
Place of death Binningen