Heinz Alt
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Heinz Alt | |
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Born | 1922 |
Died | 6 January 1945 |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | composer |
Heinz Alt (1922 – 6 January 1945) was a German composer and one of the victims of Nazi regime.
Biography[]
Few facts are known about Alt, who worked in Theresienstadt concentration camp together with Victor Ullmann, Gideon Klein, Pavel Haas, Hans Krása and others. In June 1943, he arrived at Theresienstadt from Ostrava. His participation in the musical culture there comes from his "Six Miniatures for the Piano" in the second of the Studio for New Music concerts under the direction of Victor Ullman. It is also known that he composed an accompaniment to Smetana's "The Bohemian Song" which was written for the 60th anniversary of Smetana's death in 1944. In September 1944, Alt was deported to Auschwitz.
Sources[]
- , Beate Schroder-Nauenburg: "Musik im Inferno des Nazi-Terrors: Judische Komponisten im "Dritten Reich", en: Acta Musicologica, Vol. 70, Fasc. 1 (enero-junio de 1998), pp. 22–44
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 1945 deaths
- German people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
- German male composers
- Theresienstadt Ghetto prisoners
- German Jews who died in the Holocaust
- 20th-century German composers
- 20th-century German male musicians
- German composer stubs