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Heinrich Gattermeyer

Heinrich Gattermeyer (9 July 1923 – 5 July 2018 ) was an Austrian composer and music educator. Life Born in Sierning, Gattermeyer, son of the local poet Karl Gattermeyer, After the war, he studied

Heinrich Gattermeyer (9 July 1923 – 5 July 2018 ) was an Austrian composer and music educator. Life Born in Sierning, Gattermeyer, son of the local poet Karl Gattermeyer, After the war, he studied piano with Bruno Seidlhofer, Choral conducting and conducting with Ferdinand Grossmann, as well as composition with Alfred Uhl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna from 1945 to 1950. He also completed studies in German at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1948/49 with a teaching certificate. Gattermeyer died in Vienna at the age of 94 and was buried at . Among his notable students is Lukas Ligeti. Awards * 1964: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst. * 1971: Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien für Musik. * 1980: Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich für den Bereich Musik * 1981: Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria. * 1992: Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich. Work Ensemble music * Sizilianisches Trinklied – Quintett für drei Pauken, zwei Klaviere und Männerchor, text (1958) * Die drei goldenen Blumen – Schattenspiel für 9 Instrumente (1966) * Der Wundergarten – Schattenspiel für 9 Instrumente

Era
Post-War
Lived
1923–2018
From
Austria
Born in
Sierning · died Vienna
Known as
composer, choir director, music educator

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