Hans Huber
Serbische und Rumänische VolksliederSonata for Piano and 2 Violins, Op.135SextettQuintet for Piano and Winds, Op.1366 Impressionen6 Kleine Konzertstücke, Op.131Phantasie nach Worten der heiligen SchriftJugendalbumAus den Alpen6 Oktavenetüden, Op.124Violin Sonata No.1, Op.18Piano Quintet No.1, Op.11110 Grosse Etüden, Op.9Cello Sonata No.1, Op.33Symphony No.7 'Schweizerische'15 Ländler vom Luzerner See, Op.11Balladen und Romanzen, Op.104Piano Quartet No.1, Op.110Suite for Cello and Piano, Op.89Cello Sonata No.4, Op.130Piano Quintet No.2, Op.125Cello Sonata No.3, Op.114Piano Quartet No.2, Op.1172 Romanzen, Op.30Aus Goethe's west-östlichem Divan, Op.41Violin Sonata No.3, Op.67Violin Sonata No.5, Op.112Sonata Giocosa for 2 Pianos, Op.126Waltzes for Piano Four-Hands, Op.59Violin Sonata No.2, Op.42Cello Sonata No.2, Op.84Blätter und Blüten, Op.2Piano Trio No.3, Op.10510 Ländler vom Luzerner See, Op.47Violin Sonata No.7, Op.119Piano Trio No.4 'Eine Bergnovelle', Op.120Serenade, Op.86 'Sommernächte'Symphony No.3, Op.118 'Heroische'3 Stücke, Op.143 Melodien, Op.21Sonata No.2 for Two Pianos, Op.1215 Skizzen, Op.51Eine Lustspiel-Ouverture, Op.50Serenade, Op.194 Songs for Large Men's Chorus, Op.39Studien über ein Originalthema, Op.7Violin Sonata No.8, Op.123Romanzen-Cyclus nach Romanzen aus Heine’s Buch der Lieder, Op.15Römischer CarnevalBallet-Musik zu Goethe's Walpurgisnacht, Op.233 Stücke, Op.48Musik zu R. Kelterborn’s Märchen 'Florestan', Op.68Gedenkblätter, Op.26Ländler, Op.103CarnevalsscenenSonata No.1 for Two Pianos, Op.31Ländliche Suite, Op.7320 Poetische Stücke, Op.99Serenade, Op.55Fantasiestücke, Op.78Märchenerzählungen, Op.16Lieder der Sehnsucht, Op.38Bilderbuch ohne Bilder, Op.127 Gesänge nach Volksliedern, Op.72Peregrina-LiederEine Tell-Symphonie, Op.63Piano Concerto No.1, Op.36Piano Concerto No.2, Op.107Piano Concerto No.3, Op.113Piano Concerto No.4Piano Trio No.2, Op.65Symphony No.2, Op.115Violin Concerto No.1, Op.40Walzer, Op.27
WikipediaHans Huber (28 June 1852 – 25 December 1921) was a Swiss composer. Between 1894 and 1918, he composed five operas. He also wrote a set of 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 100, for piano four-hands in all major and minor keys.
He was born in Eppenberg-Wöschnau (Canton of Solothurn). The son of an amateur musician, Huber became a chorister and showed an early talent for the piano. In 1870 he entered Leipzig Conservatory, where his teachers included Oscar Paul. In 1877 he returned to Basel to teach, but did not obtain a post in the Conservatory there until 1889; seven years later he became director. Among his notable students were Hans Münch and
Hermann Suter.
In 1889 Huber wrote an A major symphony, which was conducted in December 1889 by
Friedrich Hegar, and whose full score survives. He wrote in all nine symphonies, eight acknowledged, and several concertos, two for violin, four for piano, two of them effectively lost. During his last years he lived in Minusio in Villa Ginia. He died at Locarno.
Huber's first symphony, in D minor, subtitled "Tellsinfonie" has a slight programmatic element, derived from the story of the Swiss national hero William Tell. The symphony is somewhat similar in style and formal restraint to Brahms, although there is perhaps a foreshadowing of Sibelius in some of the orchestral textures.
Huber's piano concertos are slightly unusual for the form in that they have, like Brahms'
second piano concerto in B-flat major, four movements (scherzos are included in addition to the usual fast, slow, and fast tempo movements).
The Swedish label Sterling has released all of Huber's symphonies (except for the 1889 A major symphony noted above), some tone poems, and two of the piano concertos (nos. 1 & 3). There have also been several recent recordings from Huber's substantial output of chamber works, including at least one of his cello sonatas and three CDs (as of 2012) with violin sonatas of his; one of the early recordings of Huber's music was an LP of his first piano quartet "Waldlieder", with Hans-Heinz Schneeberger playing the violin.
