Hans Haider (musician)

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Hans Haider (* 1935 in Cuxhaven ; † November 20, 2010 in Hamburg ) was a German guitarist , musical instrument maker and composer .

Life

Haider first learned violin maker , received violin lessons and learned to play the guitar autodidactically. In post-war Hamburg he played as a guitarist in soldiers' clubs, but also had to take up other activities. As he could read music, he found employment as a guitarist in theaters and in various orchestras, e. B. with James Last or Kai Warner , accompanied many popular solo artists of the time (e.g. Freddy Quinn , Harald Juhnke or Caterina Valente ) and worked with numerous guitarists and lutenists, including Peter Horton , Sigi Schwab or David Qualey , whom he helped build his career in Germany.

In the summer months from 1961 to 1967 Haider worked as a lifeguard in Wenningstedt on Sylt as an employee of the spa administration.

Haider composed for solo guitar as well as guitar concerts, which were recorded by various radio stations. Haider also worked as a lecturer at the University of Music (now the Hamburg University of Music and Theater ) and at the Hamburg Conservatory .

Instruments

Haider was a trained violin maker and began producing his own type of instrument in the early 1970s. He developed several lute instruments that combined the characteristics of the guitar and the lute . He called this type of instrument "Lautarre".

Compositions

In addition to the works published as sheet music, numerous sound recordings contain Haider's own compositions.

  • 4 sketches (1968, Ed.Sikorski, no.750)
  • 3 Etudes in D major, D minor, E minor, (1968, Ed.Sikorski, No. 749)
  • Guitar Panorama, (1977, 2 issues)
  • Music for 2 guitars, Firmament-Verlag, Berlin, undated

Discography

In addition to the recordings listed here, Haider played guitar parts on other LP and CD.

  • Guitar in the evening (no year)
  • Summerland (1975)
  • Hans Haider and his Lautarre (1975, Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Golden Country (1975/1987, Selected Sound / German Austrophon)
  • Loud times 2 (1977, Eulenspiegel)
  • Silver Flute & Guitar (1977, Selected Sound)
  • Traumland (1977, Selected Sound)
  • New Sound of Classical Guitar (1977, Selected Sound)
  • All birds are already there and other children's songs to sing along with (1978, Deutsche Grammophon) with Uwe Krämer
  • Music For My Friends (1979, Selected Sound / German Austrophon)
  • Silent Night: Christmas carols on the Lautarre (1990/2010, Eulenspiegel)
  • Renaissance, Baroque & Romanticism (1992, Selected Sound / German Austrophon)
  • Land of Sunflowers (1987, Selected Sound / German Austrophon)
  • Jazz Workshop (1993, Selected Sound / German Austrophon)
  • Impressions on Lute Guitar (1995, Selected Sound / German Austrophon)
  • Classic for Lute Guitar (1996, Selected Sound / German Austrophon)
  • Canto General (1996, Eulenspiegel) with Joe Perri and Uwe Lost
  • Beautiful Landscapes and Countryside Impressions (1999, Selected Sound / German Austrophon)
  • On the Wings of Fantasy (2003, Membrane Int.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The bibliographical information is essentially based on the article by Bernd Ahlert and Bernard Hebb: The guitar art of an individualist: Hans Haider a master between styles . Guitar Current, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 6-8
  2. ↑ David Qualey: A Little Autobiography ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 27, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.david-qualey.de
  3. ↑ Peter Hahn: Lifeguard on Sylt, heart and pain in the old days of Sylt . BoD, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-9485-7
personal data
SURNAME Haider, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German guitarist, instrument maker and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuxhaven
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 2010
Place of death Hamburg