Ernst Hess
Ernst Hess (born May 13, 1912 in Schaffhausen ; † November 2, 1968 in Egg ) was a Swiss conductor , composer and musicologist .
biography
Hess attended the cantonal teachers' seminar in Küsnacht from 1928 to 1932 in order to be trained as a music teacher. Between 1932 and 1934 he studied in depth at the Zurich Conservatory and at the École Normale de Musique in Paris, where he studied with Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger , among others . In 1935, Hess returned to Switzerland and initially worked as a conductor of various choirs and orchestras before he was given a teaching position in music theory at the Winterthur Conservatory in 1938.
In 1940 Hess was involved in founding the Mozart Society in Zurich and was co-editor of the New Mozart Complete Edition. From 1956 Hess was a lecturer in musicology at the University of Zurich and from 1959 headed the university academy orchestra and the Zurich singing students .
In the compositional field, Hess was particularly prominent as the creator of numerous sacred and secular choral works (including the oratorio Jeremia ). In 1947 he was awarded the Composition Prize of the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Foundation for his services; In 1966 he received the Hans Georg Nägeli Medal from the City of Zurich.
Ernst Hess died in Egg in Zurich in 1968.
Prices
1947: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize
Printed works
- op. 29b Little Music for Basset Horn, Violin, Viola and Violoncello. (Amadeus Verlag BP 543)
- op. 56 Under roof and sky. Three poems by Werner Weber for male choir [TTBB], alto solo and piano (Hug GH 10624)
- op. 57 Capriccio , for trombone, piano (Helbling Order No. 10231)
- Suite for guitar solo, comp. 1935 (Hug GH 11468)
- Wenn im Infendlichen, [Johann Wolfgang Goethe] for mixed choir [SATB] a cappella (Hug GH 10904)
- Swiss prayer. Text by Rudolf Hägni , for gem. Choir [SSATB], organ ad lib (Hug GH 9319)
- Chaconne in C minor, op. 60/1 and Prelude, Allegro con moto in D major, op. 60/4. In: Contemporary organ music in church services (Eulenburg, 1970)
Web links
- Nicole Kurmann: Hess, Ernst. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Ernst Hess in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ernst Hess's estate in the Zurich Central Library
- Michael Eidenbenz: Ernst Hess - "Jeremia" - The work of a Swiss composer.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prize winners - Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Foundation. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hess, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss conductor, composer and musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd November 1968 |
| Place of death | Egg |