Hermann Grabner (12 May 1886 – 3 July 1969) was an

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n composer and

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Career

Grabner was born in Graz. He studied law at the

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The univers ...

graduating in 1909. In parallel, he studied music with Leopold Suchsland until 1910. He also played the

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for a while in the ''Grazer Theatherorchester''. He then studied at the

Leipzig Conservatory The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

with Max Reger and

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. In 1912, he worked as assistant to Reger in the Meininger Theater. In 1913, he became teacher of music theory at the

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. He served in the Austrian Army during

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. From 1919 to 1924, he was teacher of theory and composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim. He also taught at the Music Academy in

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. He was then teacher of composition at the Leipzig Conservatory, where his students included

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, Hilding Hallnäs, Heinrich Feischner, and

Miklós Rózsa Miklós Rózsa (; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensi ...

. From 1930, he was music director of the University. From 1938 to 1946, he taught at the Berlin Musikhochschule. He was retired in June 1946 due to his SA membership and the Nazi-composition '' "Fackelträger", Lieder des neuen Reiches''. He composed one

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, ''Die Richterin'' with libretto by Beyerlein after C. F. Meyer, premiered in the Barmen State Theater in 1930; (in German), Volume 42 (1931). Published by F.A.Günther & sohn a.-g. Page 65

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works, chamber music, choral works, Lieder, two motets and numerous organ pieces. He died in

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References

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