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Helmut Eder

Country: Austria

Helmut Eder (1916-2005) was an Austrian composer, born in Linz and active in Salzburg for most of his later life. A student of Paul Hindemith, Johann Nepomuk David and Carl Orff, he wrote chamber, sacred, organ and orchestral music as well as several operas, and taught composition at the Mozarteum in Salzburg for two decades. Eder studied with Hindemith in Salzburg in the late 1940s and later with David in Stuttgart and Orff in Munich.

Cadunt Umbrae Op.61 / Sonatine Op.34/1 / Septuagesima Instrumentalis 2. Bläserquintett Op.51 / Nun Danket All Und Bringet Ehr Op.47 Nr.5 (LP)
Orchestral (plus tape) and chamber music compostions from the 1960's and 70's by the Austrian avant-garde composer and founder of Austria's first electronic music studio, released on Preiser in 1978 and never re-issued on either CD or LP.