Robert Heger
Compositions for: Trumpet
WikipediaRobert Heger (19 August 1886 – 14 January 1978) was a German conductor and composer from Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine.
He studied at the Conservatory of Strasbourg under Franz Stockhausen, then in Zurich under
Lothar Kempter and finally in Munich under
Max von Schillings. After early conducting engagements in Strasbourg he made his debut at Ulm in 1908 or 1909. He held appointments in Barmen (1909), at the Vienna Volksoper (1911), and at Nuremberg (1913), where he also conducted Philharmonic concerts. He went on to Munich and Vienna, where he recorded a magnificent version of
Goldmark's Rustic Wedding Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic; and then to Berlin (1933-1950), where a live wartime
Lohengrin was preserved and afterwards issued on LP, after which he returned again to Munich.
In 1937, Heger joined the Nazi Party.
Heger conducted at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1925 to 1935, and again with his Munich company in 1953, when he gave the first London performance of
Richard Strauss's opera
Capriccio. He lived to conduct stereo recordings, notably a fine rendition of Schubert's complete
Rosamunde incidental music in the 1960s, before his death at 91 in Munich.
Heger composed four operas. His works include: