Willy Hess (composer)

Willy Hess (born October 12, 1906 in Winterthur ; † May 9, 1997 ibid) was a Swiss musicologist and composer .

Life

Hess studied composition, music theory and piano at the Zurich Conservatory , as well as musicology at the universities of Zurich and Berlin . From 1931 he lived as a freelance music writer and composer in his hometown. He also worked from 1942 to 1971 as a bassoonist in the Winterthur City Orchestra . From 1951 he published 14 supplementary volumes to the Beethoven complete edition. His compositional work is entirely committed to traditional tonality . It includes several sonatas , among others for bassoon and small orchestra, for viola and piano , for viola and bassoon, for viola solo, for flute and cello and for flute and piano. In 1959, Hess received the Carl Heinrich Ernst Art Prize for his musical work. Willy Hess' estate is in the Zurich Central Library .

Publications

List of works by Ludwig van Beethoven not published in the complete edition. Compiled to supplement the Beethoven Complete Edition , Wiesbaden, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1957.
Non-party art - non-party science. An examination of the zeitgeist in music , Tutzing, Schneider, 1967.
Beethoven Studies , Bonn, Beethoven House, 1972 (Writings on Beethoven Research, Series IV, Volume 7).
Beethoven. Studies of his work , Winterthur, Amadeus-Verlag , 1981
The Fidelio book , Winterthur, Amadeus-Verlag, 1986.
Behind the scenes. Snapshots and anecdotes from the life of an orchestral musician , Winterthur, Ed. Swiss Music, 1992
On the double face of evil in art , JF Lehmann, Munich, 1963

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personal data
SURNAME	Hess, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss musicologist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winterthur , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 1997
Place of death	Winterthur , Switzerland