Hans Weisz
Hans Weisz (born June 26, 1903 in Saderlach , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary , † April 15, 1982 in Crailsheim ) was a Romanian-German church musician and composer .
Life
After attending primary school, Weisz went to grammar school in Arad , then studied for two years at the teacher preparation course and finally at the Catholic German teacher training institute in Timișoara (Timişoara). From 1922 to 1931 he was a cantor and teacher in Pankota . From 1931 until his retirement in 1973 he worked as a church musician at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Timisoara Elisabethstadt .
In Timișoara Weisz also directed the male choir "Eintracht". 1940-41 he premiered his children's opera Snow White . In 1941 he was called up for military service and was taken prisoner by the Soviets, from which he returned in 1946. In communist Romania he performed large church music works in church services, such as the Coronation Mass , the Sparrow Mass , the Requiem and the C minor Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , the Nelson Mass , the Missa Cellensis , the Nikolaimesse and the oratorio The Seven last words of our Savior on the Cross by Joseph Haydn , the Masses by Franz Schubert and the Passions by Johann Sebastian Bach .
Self-composed Weisz a Mass in A Major for soloists, chorus and orchestra and the Holy Gerhard , the patron saint of the Diocese Timişoara , dedicated to measuring song in honor of Sts. Gerhard . After his retirement, Weisz was allowed to travel to Germany. His successor at the Elisabethstadt Church was the organist Franz Metz in 1975 .
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| SURNAME | Weisz, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian-German church musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saderlach , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1982 |
| Place of death | Crailsheim |