Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was a German composer. He studied at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich with Joseph Haas from 1921

Was a German composer. He studied at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich with Joseph Haas from 1921 to 1926. In 1927 he joined the faculty at the Rheinische Musikhochschule in Cologne where he taught for three years. In 1930 he became a teacher at the Konservatorium in Nuremberg and took the role of headmaster at the Städtische Berufsschule für Musiker in Munich from 1936. From 1940 to 1943 he taught at the Musikhochschule in Munich and then at the Pädagogische Hochschule in Eichstätt until 1958. His compositions mainly consist of works for choral works, and vocal art songs. He also wrote several works for the accordion which are still popular today.[1]

German author, poet, translator, and editor. He has also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmay

German author, poet, translator, and editor. He has also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr. He lives in Munich.

Was a German composer and lutenist of the Renaissance. Neusidler, along with Hans Judenkunig and Han

Was a German composer and lutenist of the Renaissance. Neusidler, along with Hans Judenkunig and Hans Gerle, was one of the most important early German lutenists. His eight publications feature intabulations of German songs, French chansons, Italian madrigals, dance pieces, and preludes of an improvisatory nature. Most of the works are in three parts, but there are two-part pieces for beginners and a few four-part arrangements in two of his publications. He republished popular works with newer arrangements in his later books. The initial 1536 publication, which was a beginner's collection, opens with a written introduction to lute playing which gives insight into contemporaneous performance practice.

Was a German composer, pianist, radio promoter, and author of many pieces of musical theatre, sound

Was a German composer, pianist, radio promoter, and author of many pieces of musical theatre, sound installations, poems, drawings, and art videos. From 1959 to 1984 he served as music director for Radio Bremen. From the early 1960s onwards, Otte frequently presented contemporary experimental American composers in his Bremen radio festival pro musica nova, among them in those days completely unknown people like John Cage, David Tudor, Terry Riley, and Lamonte Young. Since 1959 Otte lived and worked in Bremen, Germany. His catalogue of works contains more than 100 works.

Was a noted German classical pianist, who was known for his interpretations of Beethoven, Schubert a

Was a noted German classical pianist, who was known for his interpretations of Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann.[1] He was also a teacher, a conductor, and a composer.[2] Hans Richter-Haaser was born in Dresden in 1912, and studied at the Dresden Conservatory. He made his debut in 1928, aged 16. During World War II, while fighting with an anti-aircraft unit, he had no opportunity to play for years on end, and his technique slipped; however, he regained it after the war.[3] He conducted the Detmold Orchestra from 1945 to 1947. He was Professor of piano at the North-West German Music Academy from 1947 to 1962. He then made a number of international tours, including to the United Kingdom, North and South America, and Australia. His American debut in 1959 was hailed as "one of the biggest keyboard talents to hit Manhattan in years".[4] He appeared at the Salzburg Festival in 1963.[2]

Was a German conductor and composer. He was a repetiteur at the Wuppertal Opera starting in 1923. He

Was a German conductor and composer. He was a repetiteur at the Wuppertal Opera starting in 1923. He held conducting positions at the opera houses of Rostock (1928 - 1931) and Darmstadt (1931 - 1933). He had the post of first conductor at the Hamburg State Opera from 1935 to 1943. In 1944, he was named music director at the Berlin State Opera.

Was a German composer. He was most successful as a composer for the theatre. Several of his operas u

Was a German composer. He was most successful as a composer for the theatre. Several of his operas used librettos based on fairy tales and were first produced at Brunswick: Der Nachtwächter (1865), Loreley (1891), Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse (1904), Riquet mit dem Schopf (1907) and Der Waldschratt (1912).Saint Foix, a one-act opera, was given at Munich in 1894 and Der Meermann at Weimar in 1896; Der Vetter aus Bremen (1865), Augustin (1898) and Münchhausen (1896–8) were not performed. His incidental music to Hans von Wolzogen's Das Schloss der Herzen (1891) was first performed in 1897 in Berlin, in concert form.

Was a German composer and conductor.

Was a German composer and conductor.

Was a German composer, conductor and music teacher. In Hungary, where he worked for 26 years, he was

Was a German composer, conductor and music teacher. In Hungary, where he worked for 26 years, he was known as János Koessler. He was taught the organ from 1874 to 1877 by Joseph Rheinberger and attended the choir lessons of Franz Wüllner in Munich. Immediately after that, he moved to Dresden, where he was appointed director and a teacher for music theory and choir songs at the Dresden School of Music. From 1878 he was also conductor of the Dresdner Liedertafel orchestra. From 1882 to 1908, he initially taught organ and choir at the National Music Academy of Budapest in Hungary. Later, he also became Professor for composition and was also given a peerage.

Is a German composer well known for his left-wing political convictions. He left Germany for Italy i

Is a German composer well known for his left-wing political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his politics and homosexuality. He continues to live in the village of Marino in the central Italian region of Lazio.An avowed Marxist and member of the Italian Communist Party, Henze has produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. The librettist of his requiem for Che Guevara, titled Das Floß der Medusa (The Raft of Medusa), was among several people arrested at the 1968 Hamburg premiere for placing a red flag on the stage. Henze spent a year teaching in Cuba, though he later became disillusioned with Castro. His music is extremely varied in style, having been influenced at various times by atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, and jazz.

Was a German writer, translator, historian, and editor of German literature.Wollschläger is widely

Was a German writer, translator, historian, and editor of German literature.Wollschläger is widely known as the translator of Ulysses by James Joyce. He also translated the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe (together with Arno Schmidt), and novels by Raym

Is a German conductor and composer. From 1959 to 1963 he was Kapellmeister of the Municipal Theatres

Is a German conductor and composer. From 1959 to 1963 he was Kapellmeister of the Municipal Theatres in Freiburg im Breisgau, after which he became Principal Conductor at the Stadttheater in Bonn. In 1964–65 he attended the Second Cologne Courses for New Music at the Rheinische Musikhochschule, under the artistic direction of Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 1968 he was called to Kiel, where he was General Music Director of the Kiel Opera House until 1972. In this year he began his activity as Principal Conductor of the Radio-Symphony Orchestra in Saarbrücken. In 1984 he became Head of the Hamburg State Opera and General Music Director of the orchestra there, changing in 1987 to the position of Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, where he worked until 1990.

Is a German composer of avant-garde music. Since für Cello solo (written 1964), he has composed in

Is a German composer of avant-garde music. Since für Cello solo (written 1964), he has composed in all genres, including many pieces for unaccompanied solo instruments and theatre works. He has always remained outside of the mainstream and has never been associated with any of the many movements in postwar European music, though he did attend summer courses at Darmstadt in the 1980s. Today, Hespos is still relatively unknown in the United States.

Was a composer, teacher and musicologist. He lived in Brazil from 1937 and there became one of the m

Was a composer, teacher and musicologist. He lived in Brazil from 1937 and there became one of the most influential musicians.

Is a German reporter, born 1961 in Königs Wusterhausen near Berlin, he grew up in Stuttgart. He was

Is a German reporter, born 1961 in Königs Wusterhausen near Berlin, he grew up in Stuttgart. He was the most efficient in exposing Eurostat scandal, the EU statistical body based in Luxembourg. Working for German news magazine Stern, for months he wrote h

Is an American journalist and author. He was born in Hamburg, Germany to a German mother and the son

Is an American journalist and author. He was born in Hamburg, Germany to a German mother and the son of Liberia's consul general to Germany.

Was a Japanese politician and the 19th Prime Minister of Japan from 29 September 1918 to 4 November

Was a Japanese politician and the 19th Prime Minister of Japan from 29 September 1918 to 4 November 1921. He was also called Hara Kei (or Hara Satoshi) informally. He was the first commoner appointed to the office of prime minister of Japan. His catch phrase as a politician was "commoner and prime minister" (????, heimin saisho?).

Was a Danish writer and composer. Much of his musical output is liturgical in nature.

Was a Danish writer and composer. Much of his musical output is liturgical in nature.

Was a Danish writer, novelist, playwright and a poet.Author of the genre and satire verses (collecti

Was a Danish writer, novelist, playwright and a poet.Author of the genre and satire verses (collections: Song of the province / Sange fra provinsen, 1913—1921; Wide Wings, 1919; Songs for all the Winds, 1927).His novel "Factory of the Saints" (1919, Russian translation 1924) became a prototype for Yakov Protazanov's 1930 film St. Jorgen's Day — a satire on the church and its ministers' hypocrisy.

Is a German organist, choral conductor and composer teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Theate

Is a German organist, choral conductor and composer teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He was awarded the 1983 Grand Prix du Disque Liszt.

Was a German composer of contemporary classical music.From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Be

Was a German composer of contemporary classical music.From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln. During the early part of the second world war he served as a military band clarinetist. When his pianistic abilities were noticed hy the Musikmeister, he was put on detached duties as a pianist/accompanist for "Lazarettenkonzerte", concerts for recuperating wounded officers.He was based for some time near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where he made the acquaintance of Richard Strauss. When the war ended, he was offered a post at the Munich Musikhochschule. This was blocked by the American authorities, and so, from 1946 to 1957 he taught at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Was a Danish painter and author, who was educated on The Royal Danish Academy of Art 1889–1893. Mo

Was a Danish painter and author, who was educated on The Royal Danish Academy of Art 1889–1893. Moltke participated in several expeditions as draughtsman, for instance to Greenland in 1898 and 1902–04 (on "The Literature Expedition"). One of his main works is a set of 30 portraits of Inuit, published in 1903. Together with Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen he also published the book "Greenland" (1906) and the memoirs "The Life Travel" (1936).

Is a German politician and journalist from the far right scene. He was a Member of the European Parl

Is a German politician and journalist from the far right scene. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1994. Neubauer was trained as an overseas buyer and undertook military service in the Bundeswehr. He was a member of the National Democ

Since the early 1970s Schmautz has been writing articles for the German bimonthly monarchists' magaz

Since the early 1970s Schmautz has been writing articles for the German bimonthly monarchists' magazine "Erbe und Auftrag" ("Heritage and Order"). Previously he was a member of the CDU, but since 1974 has been a member of the German monarchist organization "Tradition und Leben" ("Tradition and Life"), of which he was chairman ("Vorsitzender") from 1984 to 1988.

Was a journalist, athlete and weightlifting World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist from Tallinn,

Was a journalist, athlete and weightlifting World Champion and Olympic bronze medalist from Tallinn, Estonia.