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Erik Werba ( 23 May 1918 – 9 Apr 1992 ) was an Austrian classical piano player who is
especially known as an accompanist of vocaliser .He was also a music critic , conductor ,
composer , generator and faculty member instructor .== Career == Werba was born in
Baden bei Wien , the Son of Ludwig Werba ( 1884–1945 ) , who was born in Graz and
became a composer , music director and vice-president of the Ö sterreichisch-ungarischer
Musikerverband , founded in 1896 .Ludwig Werba died in a bombing raid on 2 April
1945 .Werba completed the Matura at the Baden secondary school in 1936 .He then studied
at both the Akademie fü r Musik und darstellende Kunst in capital of Austria and the
University of Vienna , where he earned a PhD in 1940 .He worked as a music critic and
teacher , and directed the Mozartgemeinde after World state of war deuce .Werba was
Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater Baden from 1945 to 1946 .As a pianist , he focused on
accompanying lieder vocalizer .He collaborated with Irmgard Seefried , Christa Ludwig ,
Bruno Walter Berry , Kim Borg , Brigitte Fassbaender , cock Schreier and Nicolai Gedda ,
appearing internationally .Werba was a professor of lied and cantata at the dog
Musikakademie from 1949 to 1990 , and from 1964 to 1971 also at the Akademie fü r Musik
und darstellende Kunst in Graz .As a diarist , he worked for the newsletters of the
Mozartgemeinde , the Norbert Wiener Figaro , the Ö sterreichische Musikzeitschrift and the
periodic Musikerziehung .As a composer , he wrote attendant music , sleeping
accommodation music and lieder .Werba died on 9 April 1992 in Hinterbrü hl .He is buried
at the Maria Enzersdorf cemetery .== Compositions == Werba composed lieder , including :
'' Ich bin ... '' , for high voice and piano ( 1936 ) '' Neige dein Kö pfchen '' , for high interpreter
and pianoforte ( 1936 ) '' Ich saß vor dunklem Walde '' , for mellow articulation and piano
( 1936 ) == publication == Richard Strauss zum 85 .Geburtstag , 1949 Tenoralbum , 1951
Bariton-Baß-Album , 1953 Josef Chico , eine Studie , 1962 Victor Hugo Wolf oder – Der
zornige Romantiker , 1971 Erich Marckhl , 1972 Hugo Wolf und Seine Lieder , 1984 == prize
== 1960 : Mozartmedaille awarded by the Mozart Society of Vienna == References == ==
External links == Literature by and about Erik Werba in the German language national
Library catalogue Erik Werba im Austria-Forum Erik Werba discography at Discogs