Hermann Haller (composer)
Hermann Haller (9 June 1914 – 13 August 2002) was a Swiss composer.
Life
Hermann Haller was born in Burgdorf, Switzerland. His uncle was the sculptor Hermann Haller. After his matura in 1933 he studied at the consevatory of Zurich: Volkmar Andreae, Paul Müller-Zürich and Rudolf Wittelsbach were his teachers. In 1938–39 he studied composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger.
After World War II Haller started to teach piano at the "Lehrerseminar" Küsnacht until 1979.
He wrote many works, including three string quartets, two piano concertos, one symphony for large orchestra and a song cycle for baritone and orchestra, Ed è subito sera (1978), on poems of Salvatore Quasimodo.
External links
- Hermann Haller biography and list of works at Musinfo, the Database of Swiss Music
- Haller, Hermann in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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