Ernst Hess (composer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Hess (composer)

Swiss conductor (1912-1968)

Date of Birth: 13-May-1912

Place of Birth: Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1968

Profession: conductor, university teacher, musicologist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ernst Hess (13 May 1912 in Schaffhausen – 2 November 1968 in Egg) was a Swiss conductor, composer and musicologist. Hess studied at the conservatory of Zurich from 1932 and 1934, and then at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, with Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger among others.
From 1935 he worked in Switzerland as conductor of several choirs and orchestras.
In 1938 he was appointed lecturer of music theory at the conservatory of Winterthur.
From 1956 he taught musicology at the University of Zurich. As a composer, he wrote mostly sacred and secular choral music, namely the oratorio Jeremia.
He was awarded the composition prize of the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Stiftung in 1947.
In 1966 he received the Hans-Georg-Nägeli-Medaille of Zurich.
Hess died in Egg.