Helmut Eder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helmut Eder

Austrian composer

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1916

Place of Birth: Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 08-Feb-2005

Profession: composer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Helmut Eder (December 26, 1916, Linz–February 8, 2005, Salzburg) was an Austrian composer. Eder studied until 1948 at the Linz Conservatory, later studying with Johann Nepomuk David in Stuttgart and Carl Orff in Munich.
Returning to Linz, he became a teacher at the Linz Conservatory, accepting a position as full professor in 1962.
He also conducted the Singakademie in Linz from 1953–60 and founded an electronic music studio in the city in 1959.
He became professor of composition at the Salzburg Mozarteum in 1967. Eder composed in a wide variety of traditional genres, and also wrote scores for film, television, and radio.