Hans Heusser

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Hans Heusser (born August 8, 1892 in Zurich ; † October 27, 1942 in St. Gallen ) was a Swiss composer and conductor .

Hans Heusser played an important role as a pianist when " Dada Zurich" was founded around 1916 , although he never belonged to the core of the movement. Nevertheless, he achieved quite a stir, which found expression on May 25, 1917 in a "Soirée Hans Heusser". From 1924 he lived as city music director in St. Gallen. As a composer he was best known for the Russian Rhapsody , which was performed a lot at the time, conducted by himself on gramophone record, and which was set as a compulsory piece for the 3rd class wind orchestras at the 28th Swiss Federal Music Festival in Winterthur in 1986. Likewise, his well-known marches, z. B. the march pilot Mittelholzer , dedicated to the Swiss aviation pioneer , can be found again and again on the programs of the wind orchestras in Switzerland.

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1927 Pilot Mittelholzer . march
  • 1929 Russian rhapsody
  • 1940 Swiss country . National song potpourri
  • Fiery blood
  • Locarno
  • Marksmen
  • Pro Arte
  • Salve Lugano
  • Dashing weir
  • triumph
  • St.Gallen March
  • Flame up
  • Racy people

Chamber music

  • 1914 Danse orientale for piano, extraite de la suite "Kismet"
  • 1916 Automne - autumn valse lente
  • 1916 Sérénade Scènes pittoresques No. 2, pour piano
  • 1917 3 danses caractéristiques for piano
  • 1917 Adagio for piano
  • 1917 Certosa di Pavia for piano
  • 1917 Novellette for piano
  • 1917 Prelude for piano

Vocal music

  • 1910 Three simple songs for a voice with piano accompaniment - poems by Hans Roelli
  • 1910 Tanzweise for one voice with piano accompaniment - text by Huggenberger
  • 1925 Eyes, my dear little windows for the singer - text by Gottfried Keller
  • Toned out was my string Lied for a voice with piano accompaniment, opus 27

Web links

  • Note title , illustrated, for the march “Pilot Mittelholzer” (Hug & Cie., Zurich 1927)
  • Tri-Ergon TE 5764-A (Matr. 03118) and 5764-B (Matr. 03119) Russian Rhapsody, Part 1 / Part 2 (M: Hans Heusser) Harmony Orchestra, conducted by: Music Director Hans Heusser, St. Gallen (NE 04/1930) (K 1930)
  • St.Gallen March by Hans Heusser. Zurich; Leipzig: Gebr. Hug & Co., [1930]



personal data
SURNAME Heusser, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1942
Place of death St. Gallen