Heinrich Gattermeyer
Heinrich Gattermeyer (born July 9, 1923 in Sierning ; † July 5, 2018 in Vienna ) was an Austrian composer and music teacher .
Life
Gattermeyer, son of the local poet Karl Gattermeyer, graduated from the Linz Academic High School in 1941 and was then called up for military service. After the war he studied at the music academy and the university in Vienna (for teaching). Gattermeyer initially taught at Viennese grammar schools and from 1964 at the Vienna Academy for Music and Performing Arts .
Gattermeyer was President of the Austrian Society for Contemporary Music for eleven years from 1973 , from 1984 to 1990 President of the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers , from 1992 to 2001 President of the Austrian Composers' Association and since 1996 was President of the Cathedral Music Society at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna . Gattermeyer also worked as a choir director with several Viennese choirs, including from 1960 to 1973 with the Wiener Schubertbund .
Awards
- 1964: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
- 1980: Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for the field of music
- 1981: Great decoration of honor for services to the Republic of Austria
- 1992: Great Silver Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2005: Culture Medal of the Province of Upper Austria
- 2006: Heinrich Gleißner Prize
literature
- Uwe Harten : Gattermeyer, Heinrich. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
Web links
- Works by and about Heinrich Gattermeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Upper Austrian news: composer Heinrich Gattermeyer died . Article dated July 5, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018.
- ↑ Univ.-Prof. Mag.Gattermeyer, Gleißner Prize 2006 . Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ↑ http://www.verbindisten.at/verbindungen/262.html
- ↑ http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/ml/musik_G/Gattermeyer_Heinrich.xml
- ↑ a b c List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
- ^ Cultural medal of the state to 10 deserving personalities, in: Landeskorrespondenz No. 143 of June 22, 2005, web presence of the state of Upper Austria
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gattermeyer, Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sierning , Upper Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 2018 |