Hermann Grabner (12 May 1886 – 3 July 1969) was an Austrian

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and music teacher.

Career

Grabner was born in

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. He studied law at the University of Graz graduating in 1909. In parallel, he studied music with

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until 1910. He also played the viola for a while in the ''Grazer Theatherorchester''. He then studied at the Leipzig Conservatory with

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and Hans Sitt. In 1912, he worked as assistant to Reger in the

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. In 1913, he became teacher of

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at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. He served in the Austrian Army during World War I. From 1919 to 1924, he was teacher of theory and composition at the

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. He also taught at the Music Academy in Heidelberg. He was then teacher of composition at the Leipzig Conservatory, where his students included Hugo Distler,

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, and Miklós Rózsa. From 1930, he was music director of the University. From 1938 to 1946, he taught at the Berlin Musikhochschule. He was retired in June 1946 due to his SA membership and the Nazi-composition '' "Fackelträger", Lieder des neuen Reiches''. He composed one opera, ''Die Richterin'' with libretto by Beyerlein after C. F. Meyer, premiered in the

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State Theater in 1930; (in German), Volume 42 (1931). Published by F.A.Günther & sohn a.-g. Page 65 orchestral works,

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works,

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er, two

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s and numerous

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pieces. He died in Bolzano.

References

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