Hans Peter Wertitsch
Hans Peter Wertitsch (born June 5, 1939 in Vienna ; † June 5, 1996 there ) was an Austrian real estate agent , art and autograph collector , patron and composer .
Life
Wertitsch graduated from high school in 1960 and passed his auditing in accounting and payroll accounting in 1961. In 1966 he was granted the concession to work as a property manager and real estate agent. From 1969 he was an independent property manager and at the same time from 1971 to 1976 owner of an art gallery (the "value gallery" named after him). In 1974 his “Metamorphoses” were premiered in the Brahms Hall of the Wiener Musikverein . In 1975 Wertitsch was awarded the Chopin Medal by the International Chopin Society in Warsaw.
His compositions were also premiered in Mexico City , Washington, DC and Warsaw .
From 1982 to 1984 he studied orchestration with Thomas Christian David at the Vienna University of Music . Wertitsch was president and honorary president of several Mozart societies.
The Federal Minister for Education, Art and Sport Hilde Hawlicek granted Wertitsch the professional title of Professor in 1989 .
In 1989, Wertitsch was the initiator and co-organizer of the first international symposium on the subject of musicians' autographs and, together with Günter Brosche , published the book Contributions to Musical Source Studies, Catalog of the Hans P. Wertitsch Collection in the Music Collection of the Austrian National Library at Verlag Hans Schneider ( Tutzing ) .
In 1994 Wertitsch was awarded the Medal of Honor by the Austrian National Library , and in 1995 the professional title of Commercial Councilor by the Chamber of Commerce . In 1995, Wolfgang Schüssel as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs awarded the Wertitsch law firm the state award in accordance with Section 68 of the Trade Regulations.
Offices and honorary positions
- Founding member and board member of the World Trade Center Austria
- Board member of the Chopin Society
- Board member of the Austrian-Polish Society
- Board member of the cultural association "Society of Friends of Vienna"
- President of the association to support serious contemporary Austrian music
- Board member of the Johann Strauss Society
- Expert lay judge at the Vienna Commercial Court (Kommerzialrat)
- Presidency (1987 to 1992) or honorary presidency (1992–1996) of the International Franz Schubert Institute
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Schubert Society Tübingen (FRG)
- Member of the board of trustees of the Schubert Society Vienna-Lichtental
- Deputy Chairman of the Institute for Austrian Music Documentation ( Austrian National Library )
- Member of the Austrian Composers' Association
literature
- Christian Fastl: Wertitsch, Hans Peter. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wertitsch, Hans Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian real estate agent and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1996 |
| Place of death | Vienna |