Wenzel Josef Heller
Wenzel Josef Heller (* 1849 in Dobroměřice , Austrian Empire ; † February 3, 1914 ) was a Bohemian composer , church musician , choir director and military bandmaster .
Life
Heller studied music in Leipzig and in 1873 became the organist and choir roster of the Catholic parish church in Sibiu . His brother Franz Heller replaced him in this role in 1875. 1884–85 he was the predecessor of George Dima, head of the Sibiu men's choir. In 1885 he came to Timişoara as the military bandmaster of the 29th Loudon Infantry Regiment . In the first year he performed the overture to Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser , whose works were now on the program of almost every concert by his military band. With his military band and a choir, Heller performed excerpts from his own operetta The Engagement on Bullea Lake at the Franz Joseph Theater in Timisoara in 1890 .
Became lighter u. a. Awarded the Golden Cross of Merit , the Jubilee Commemorative Medal , the Cross of Honor Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice and the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order. The composer and opera director Géza Zichy paid him his tribute during a visit to the Hungarian National Singers Festival in Timisoara in 1903.
Works
- Potpourri for wind instruments , 1885
- The engagement at Lake Bullea, or, well , romantic-comic opera in one act with a prelude
- Hymn for solo, choir and orchestra (text: Carl Orendi ), 1891
- Ceremonial anthem , 1901
- Violin sonata
- I love you , solo song
- Graduals and offertory for alto, violin and organ
- Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
Web links
- Works by and about Wenzel Josef Heller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Edition Musik Südost - Wenzel Josef Heller
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heller, Wenceslaus Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian composer, military bandmaster, choir director and church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dobroměřice |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1914 |