Hermann Heiss

Hermann Heiss (29 December 1897 – 6 December 1966) was a German composer, pianist, and educator. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Life

Heiss was born in Darmstadt and studied composition first in Frankfurt with Sekles in 1921, and then in Vienna with

Sources

• Dubinsky, Gregory S. 2001. "Heiss, Hermann". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
• Morawska-Büngeler, Marietta. 1988. Schwingende Elektronen: Eine Dkumentation über das Studio für Elektrnische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunks in Köln 1951–1986. Cologne-Rodenkirchen: P. J. Tonger Musikverlag.

External links

• “Pionier der Neuen Musik. Der Komponist Hermann Heiß (Hermann Heiss, new music pioneer)”, article on the web site of ZKM, the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

• Hermann Heiss, "Elektronische Komposition I" (1956)^{[dead link]} by Werner Kaegi (Translation: Desmond Clayton) (archived 10 October 2009).

• “Hermann Hesse: Elektronische Komposition I,” Recording by Wellesz Theater

• “Hermann Heiß”, biographical page on the web site of ZKM, the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

• “Elektronische Werke von Hermann Heiß (Electronic works of Herman Heiss)”, list of works in the collection page of ZKM, the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

• “Studio für elektronische Komposition Hermann Heiß (1957–1966) (Herman Heiss studio for electronic composition 1957-1966)”, page on the web site of ZKM, the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

• “Das Heiß-Studio im ZKM (The Heiss studio)”, page on the web site of ZKM, the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, listing electronic music generating tools from Heiss’s studio that are in the center’s collection