Haller Hermann
(09. 06. 1914 - 13. 08. 2002)
Genre: Classical Music
Biography
* 09. 06. 1914, † 13. 08. 2002.
Hermann Haller was born in Burgdorf in Switzerland. Following completion of his Matura in Burgdorf, he studied music at the conservatory in Zurich under the tutelage of Volkmar Andreae, Paul Müller-Zürich and Rudolf Wittelsbach. In 1938/39 he studied composition under Nadia Boulanger in Paris and piano with Czeslaw Marek back in Zurich. He attended the lectures of Paul Hindemith at the University of Zurich from 1951 until 1954.
Following a three-year teaching position at the University of Zurich (piano and theory), Haller was appointed a teaching position at the teacher's seminar in Küsnacht in Zurich where he taught until 1979. Haller was the president of the Swiss Association of Musicians from 1968 until 1973 and was an elected member of the board of directors and president from 1979 until 1987 of SUISA, the Swiss copyright association. He additionally acted as a state expert for diploma examinations at the conservatories in Zurich and Winterthur, was vice president of the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation and a member of the cantonal commission for the promotion of culture.
Hermann Haller died in Küsnacht/ZH.
Hermann Haller was born in Burgdorf in Switzerland. Following completion of his Matura in Burgdorf, he studied music at the conservatory in Zurich under the tutelage of Volkmar Andreae, Paul Müller-Zürich and Rudolf Wittelsbach. In 1938/39 he studied composition under Nadia Boulanger in Paris and piano with Czeslaw Marek back in Zurich. He attended the lectures of Paul Hindemith at the University of Zurich from 1951 until 1954.
Following a three-year teaching position at the University of Zurich (piano and theory), Haller was appointed a teaching position at the teacher's seminar in Küsnacht in Zurich where he taught until 1979. Haller was the president of the Swiss Association of Musicians from 1968 until 1973 and was an elected member of the board of directors and president from 1979 until 1987 of SUISA, the Swiss copyright association. He additionally acted as a state expert for diploma examinations at the conservatories in Zurich and Winterthur, was vice president of the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation and a member of the cantonal commission for the promotion of culture.
Hermann Haller died in Küsnacht/ZH.
Work list
Böhmisches Volkslied (Bohemian folksong) (1934)
Instrumentation: for high voice and piano
Texts: Eduard Mörike
Manuscript
Wie wird die Tage (1936)
Instrumentation: for medium voice and piano
Texts: Hermann Hesse
Manuscript
Verwölkte Nacht (1936)
Instrumentation: for medium voice and piano
Texts: Hermann Hesse
Manuscript
Die Kindlein (1936)
Instrumentation: for baritone and orchestra (1.1.1.0/1.0.0.0/str)
Texts: Hermann Hesse
Manuscript
Es wird dir wunderbar erscheinen (1936)
Instrumentation: for medium voice and piano
Texts: Hermann Hesse
Manuscript
Toccata in C (1937)
Instrumentation: for organ
Duration: 8' 00"
Hug & Co. Musikverlage
Limmatquai 28-30
CH-8001 Zürich
CH-8001 Zürich
Doppelfuge (double fugue) (1937)
Instrumentation: for strings
Manuscript
Ich wünsch us mines Herzens Grund (1937)
Instrumentation: for mixed a-cappella choir
Texts: Heinrich von Louffenberg
Manuscript
Bitte (1937)
Instrumentation: for medium voice and piano
Texts: Hermann Hesse
Manuscript
Adagio (1938)
Instrumentation: for oboe and strings
Manuscript
Konzert (concert) (1938)
Instrumentation: for oboe and string orchestra
Manuscript
Concertino in E (1942/60)
Instrumentation: for string orchestra
Duration: 15' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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Sonatine (sonatina) (1942)
Instrumentation: for violin and piano
Manuscript
Verkündigung (1943)
The word of the Angel
Instrumentation: for soprano and string orchestra
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
Instrumentation: for soprano and string orchestra
Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke
Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
Drei Barock-Lieder (three Baroque songs) (1943/61)
Instrumentation: for mixed a-cappella choir
Duration: 11' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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Konzert in D (concert in D) (1944)
Instrumentation: for violin and string orchestra
Duration: 26' 00"
Manuscript
Konzertante Musik (concertante music) (1944)
Instrumentation: for 4 violins and small orchestra (1.1.1.0/0.0.0.0/0.3.2.1)
Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
Sonate (sonata) (1945)
Instrumentation: for flute and piano
Duration: 15' 00"
Hug & Co. Musikverlage
Limmatquai 28-30
CH-8001 Zürich
CH-8001 Zürich
Fantasie (fantasy) (1946)
Instrumentation: for cello and string orchestra
Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
4 leichte Klavierstücke (4 light piano pieces) (1947)
Manuscript
Concerto da camera (chamber concert) (1949)
Instrumentation: for solo string quartet and string orchestra
Manuscript
Sonate (sonata) (1951)
Instrumentation: for violin and piano
Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
Exoratio (1955)
Cantata
Instrumentation: for alto (baritone) and string quartet (or string orchestra)
Texts: Christian Morgenstern
Duration: 19' 00"
Manuscript
Instrumentation: for alto (baritone) and string quartet (or string orchestra)
Texts: Christian Morgenstern
Duration: 19' 00"
Manuscript
Fantasie in D (1955)
Instrumentation: for organ
Introduction, Choral and Passacaglia.
Duration: 11' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Konzert (concert) (1957)
Instrumentation: for organ and string orchestra
Duration: 22' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Herbst (1957)
Eight songs
Instrumentation: for a [deep} voice and piano
Texts: Christian Morgenstern
Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
Instrumentation: for a [deep} voice and piano
Texts: Christian Morgenstern
Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
Sieben leichte Stücke (seven light pieces) (1958)
Instrumentation: for violin and piano
Duration: 9' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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Konzert (concert) (1959)
Instrumentation: for piano and orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/timp.perc/str)
Duration: 20' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Elf kleine Klavierstücke (eleven piano pieces (1960)
Duration: 12' 00"
Hug & Co. Musikverlage
Limmatquai 28-30
CH-8001 Zürich
CH-8001 Zürich
Trio (1960)
Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet and bassoon
Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript
Petite Fantaisie (1960)
Instrumentation: for clarinet and piano
Duration: 7' 00"
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Streichquartett (string quartet) (1961)
Duration: 15' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Doppelkonzert (double concert) (1961)
Instrumentation: for flute, clarinet and string orchestra
Duration: 17' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Concerto per archi (concert for strings) (1961)
Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
Fünf Lieder (five songs) (1961)
Instrumentation: for alto or baritone solo and orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/timp.perc/hp/str)
Texts: Friedrich Hölderlin
Duration: 18' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Min Buechewald am Hägeliloh (1962)
Instrumentation: for medium voice and piano
Texts: Bernhard Peyer
Manuscript
Konzert Nr. 2 (concert N°2) (1962)
Instrumentation: for piano and string orchestra
Duration: 20' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Erbarmt euch mein, meine Freunde (1962)
Cantata from the Book of Job
Instrumentation: for deep voice and organ
Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript
Instrumentation: for deep voice and organ
Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript
Sonata concertante (1963)
Instrumentation: for flute, oboe and strings
Duration: 13' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Drei Lieder (1963)
Instrumentation: for soprano and piano
Texts: Robert Faesi
Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript
Novelletta (1965)
Instrumentation: for horn and piano
Duration: 6' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Sinfonie (symphony) (1965)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/timp.perc/hp.str)
After paintings by Max Gubler.
Duration: 24' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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Introduktion und Passacaglia (introduction and passacaglia) (1965)
Instrumentation: for organ
Duration: 12' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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6 Inventionen (6 interventions) (1966)
Instrumentation: for flute and harpsichord
Duration: 13' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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Prolog (prologue) (1966)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.1/2.2.0.0/timp.perc/str)
Duration: 8' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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Ballade (ballad) (1967)
Instrumentation: for horn and string orchestra
Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
In memoriam (1968)
Five pieces
Instrumentation: for piano trio
Duration: 17' 00"
Instrumentation: for piano trio
Duration: 17' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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Elegia variata (1968)
Instrumentation: for piano
Manuscript
Sonata per pianoforte (sonata for piano) (1969)
Duration: 14' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Trois Pièces (three pieces) (1970)
Instrumentation: for violoncello solo
Duration: 8' 00"
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Streichquartett Nr. 2 (string quartet N°2) (1971)
Duration: 17' 00"
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
3 Nocturnes (1972)
Instrumentation: for viola and piano
Duration: 12' 00"
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Intermezzo (1972)
Instrumentation: for piano
Duration: 2' 00"
Breitkopf & Härtel
Postfach 1707
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Per la Camerata (1974)
Instrumentation: for 16 solo strings
Duration: 12' 00"
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
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Hiob (1975)
Oratorio
Instrumentation: for soprano and baritone solo, mixed choir, organ and orchestra (2,2,2,2 - 2,2,3,0 - perc(2) - str)
Duration: 45' 00"
Instrumentation: for soprano and baritone solo, mixed choir, organ and orchestra (2,2,2,2 - 2,2,3,0 - perc(2) - str)
Duration: 45' 00"
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Récitatif et allegro (1976)
Instrumentation: for clarinet in H flat and piano
Duration: 7' 00"
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Psalm 103 (1976)
Instrumentation: for soprano solo, mixed choir and organ
Duration: 16' 00"
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Oktett (octet) (1976)
Instrumentation: for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet and piano
Duration: 18' 00"
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Variations (1976)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (3,3,3,3 - 4,3,3,1 - Perc(3), harp - str)
Duration: 20' 00"
Manuscript
Ed è subito sera (1978)
Instrumentation: for baritone and orchestra (3.2.2.2/4.2.3.0/timp.perc.hp/str)
Texts: Salvatore Quasimodo
Duration: 22' 00"
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Pièce en forme de fantaisie (piece in the form of a fantasy) (1979)
Instrumentation: for flute and piano
Duration: 7' 00"
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Cinq pièces en forme de variations (five pieces in the form of variations) (1980)
Instrumentation: for wind quintet
Duration: 15' 00"
Hug & Co. Musikverlage
Limmatquai 28-30
CH-8001 Zürich
CH-8001 Zürich
Extension – Contraction (1981)
Elegiac music
Instrumentation: for violoncello and orchestra (1.2.1.0/2.0.0.0/str)
Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
Instrumentation: for violoncello and orchestra (1.2.1.0/2.0.0.0/str)
Duration: 17' 00"
Manuscript
Fünf Stücke (five pieces) (1982)
Instrumentation: for oboe and piano
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Abschied (1984)
Instrumentation: for soprano and string orchestra
Texts: Juan Ramón Jiménez
Manuscript
Résonances (1984)
Instrumentation: for 2 oboes, 2 horns, solo violin and string orchestra
Manuscript
Fünf Aspekte (1986)
Instrumentation: for orchestra (3.3.3.3/4.2.3.0/timp.perc/hp.str)
Manuscript
Intermezzo (1986)
eS A C H E Re
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/timp.perc)
Manuscript
Instrumentation: for orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/timp.perc)
Manuscript
Blaue Wand (1986)
Instrumentation: for flute, string sextet (2.2.2) and piano
Impressions after a picture by Hans Fischli.
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Episoden (1989)
Instrumentation: for viola and orchestra (1.1.1.1/2.0.0.0/str)
Manuscript
Streichquartett Nr. 3 (string quartet N°3) (1990)
Movement for string quartet
Edizioni Pegasus
Basel
Blätterfall… (1996)
Instrumentation: for baritone and string sextet
Texts: Adrien Turel
"In remembrance of Brenton Langbein, written for the Chamber Musicians Zurich".
Heinrichshofen's Verlag
Liebigstr. 16
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
D-26389 Wilhelmshaven
BRD
Bibliography
Haller, Hermann: Leitfaden zur Einführung in die Harmonielehre, Hug, Zürich 1949
Haller, Hermann: 2. Streichquartett, in: Schweizer Musikzeitung 6 (1973)
Larese, Dino (et al.): Hermann Haller, Amriswiler Bücherei, Amriswil 1975
Favre, Max: Betrachtungen zum Schaffen Hermann Hallers. Probleme der Tonalität, in: Schweizerische Musikzeitung 5 (1973)