Hans Ewald Heller (17 April 1894 – 1 October 1966) was an Austrian-American composer, music critic and teacher.

Life

Heller studied with Camilla Horn and J. B. Foerster and received a doctorates from the University of Prague and the University of Vienna. He lived in Vienna where he worked as a music teacher and critic, editing several journals and magazines. He was an

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for the Vienna Broadcasting System and taught classes on music for film. He was described in '' The New York Times'' as being the cousin of Albert Einstein. In 1938, he moved to the United States and died in 1966.

Selected compositions

Light operas

* ''Satan'' (Vienna, 1927) * ''Messalina'' (Prague, 1928) * ''Der Liebling von London'' (Vienna, 1930)

Overtures

* ''Carnival in New Orleans'' (1940)

Cantatas

* ''Ode to Our Women'' (1942)

References

External links

"Heller, Hans Ewald"
'' Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'' (in German)
"Hans Ewald Heller"
italianopera.org
"Hans Heller papers"
University of Oregon Libraries {{DEFAULTSORT:Heller, Hans Ewald 1894 births 1966 deaths Composers from Vienna Austrian male classical composers Austrian opera composers American male classical composers Austrian music critics American music critics Classical music critics