Helmut Adalbert Josef Schiff (30 January 1918 – 20 December 1982) was an Austrian composer and music educator.

Life and career

Schiff was born in

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. After studying philosophy and musicology at the University of Prague and the

University of Bratislava Comenius University in Bratislava ( sk, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is name ...

. (1936 to 1938), he studied piano and composition with Johann Nepomuk David from 1939 to 1943 at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with

Robert Teichmüller Robert Teichmüller (4 May 1863, in Braunschweig – 6 May 1939, in Leipzig) was a German concert pianist and music educator. He studied piano and music theory with Carl Reinecke at the Leipzig Conservatory where he later became a faculty member ...

and Felix Petyrek. In addition, he also pursued piano studies at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

with

Emil von Sauer Emil Georg Conrad von Sauer (8 October 186227 April 1942) was a German composer, pianist, score editor, and music (piano) teacher. He was a pupil of Franz Liszt and one of the most distinguished pianists of his generation. Josef Hofmann called vo ...

in 1941 and taught at the Leipzig Music School. He was married to Helga Riemann from 1944 to 1977. The couple lived from 1944 until the 1970s, first in

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and later in Altmünster, interrupted by a six-year stay (1953 to 1959) in Hamburg for professional reasons. Their sons were Hans Christian (born 1949) and Heinrich Schiff (1951-2016).Tina Bayer: ''Helga Riemann (1924-2004). Life, work and creativity of an Upper Austrian composer.'' In ''Jahrbuch des Oberösterreichischen Musealvereines - Gesellschaft für Landeskunde.'' Jahrgang 154/155, Linz 2010, . Schiff taught composition and piano at the Bruckner Conservatory from 1946, with interruptions through employment in music and secondary schools, until his death in 1982. His estate is administered by the library of the Anton Bruckner Private University, with scholarships and prize money disbursed annually.

Works

Zu seinen Werken gehören vier Symphonien, zahlreiche Konzerte, Klavierstücke, Kammermusik und Chöre. Helmut Schiff gehörte der Künstlervereinigung MAERZ an.Es ist nie genug „Haderer“
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Students

* Helmut Rogl *

Helmut Eder Helmut Eder (December 26, 1916, Linz – February 8, 2005, Salzburg) was an Austrian composer. Eder studied until 1948 at the Linz Conservatory, later studying with Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart and Carl Orff in Munich. Returning to Linz, he ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiff, Helmut 20th-century Austrian composers 20th-century Austrian male musicians 20th-century classical composers Austrian music educators 1918 births 1982 deaths Musicians from Bratislava Czechoslovak emigrants to Austria

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