Herbert Seiter

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Herbert Seiter (born May 23, 1921 in Vienna , † February 17, 1996 ibid) was an Austrian pianist , composer and conductor .

Life

Herbert Seiter was born as the son of a Bundesbahn pensioner in Vienna-Floridsdorf . After elementary and secondary school he received musical training in Vienna, among others with Emil von Sauer , Joseph Marx , Paul Weingarten and in the conducting class of Hans Swarowsky . Seiter performed with the Vienna Philharmonic under Moralt in 1946.

As a trained concert pianist, he made guest appearances in England and Geneva. After being injured in the war, Seiter switched to light music during the Second World War .

As a freelance musician and program makers who engaged him ORF , Radio Wien (then called RAVAG) in 1952 about the program "What's new?" From Heinz Conrads . and “In the Konzertcafe”, where Seiter alternated with Heinz Sandauer as the pianist. Another program overseen by Seiter was “Do not despise the masters” with Walter Niesner . The “Klavierspielereien mit Herbert Seiter” was an additional broadcast slot on Radio Wien. With “The Herbert Seiter Ensemble is playing” and “Come and fly with us” penned by Wilhelm Hufnagl, Radio Vienna created further niches for Seiter. At the request of the University of Vienna , he was commissioned with the composition “Kastalienwalzer”, which in 1968 also earned him the title of professor.

Seiter was the last musical director of the Small Vienna Radio Orchestra, which consisted of 25 musicians. Seiter worked closely with the operetta composer and ORF employee Hans Weiner-Dillmann.

His final resting place is at Hietzinger Friedhof (group 69, row 2, number 20) in Vienna.

composer

Of the around 700 compositions that he created (Viennese songs, hits, chansons, orchestral concertos), his best-known composition was the song "Alle Wasser der Erde flow" (performers: Robert Benett, Walter Heider, Ladislav Illavský, Carinthian double sextet, and that Vienna Soloist Orchestra by Karl Grell ). It was immortalized on numerous phonograms, and the notes and text of this composition are engraved in gold letters on his tombstone.

Together with his Swiss colleague Werner Schneebeli (text author), Seiter created a dozen Christmas carols that were used in concert halls and schools across Europe. Seiter also created the music for the film “ The Great Request Concert ”, where it can be seen together with the Vienna Philharmonic. His suite for piano and orchestra "Women from Different Countries" is also well known. Several Seiter Christmas carols were premiered by the choir association "Jung Wien" and the Vienna Men's Choir in the great hall of the Vienna Music Association. Again and again he set religious and social texts to music.

Two days before his death, he composed the ballad “What happened to us on Good Friday”. Most of his compositions are published by Rubato / Weltmusik.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1978 Cross of Honor for Science and Art

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Seiter, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pianist, composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1996
Place of death Vienna