Hans Huber (composer)

Hans Huber (28 June 185225 December 1921) was a Swiss composer. Between 1894 and 1918, he composed five operas. He also wrote a set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 100, for piano four-hands in all major and minor keys. Biography He was born in Eppenberg-Wöschnau (Canton of Solothurn). The son of an amateur musician, Huber became a chorister and showed an early talent for the piano. In 1870, he entered Leipzig Conservatory, where his teachers included Oscar Paul. In 1877, he returned to Basel to teach, but did not obtain a post in the Conservatory there until 1889; seven years later, he became director. Among his notable students were Hans Münch and Hermann Suter. In 1889, Huber wrote an A major symphony, which was conducted in December 1889 by Friedrich Hegar, and whose full score survives. He wrote in all nine symphonies, eight acknowledged, and several concertos, two for violin and four for piano. During his last years, he lived in Minusio in Villa Ginia. He died at Locarno. Works Huber’s first symphony, in D minor, subtitled “Tellsinfonie” has a slight programmatic element, derived from the story of the Swiss national hero William Tell. The symphony is somewhat similar in style a