Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman#
b. Kraków (Poland), Feb. 27, 1919, d. Vienna, March 3, 1994, composer. Came to Vienna via Tel Aviv and Paris, from 1957 editor in the Universal Edition publishing house for contemporary music, 1973-1989 professor of composition at the Musikhochschule (now University of Music and Performing Arts) in Vienna, 1976-1986 head of its department of electroacoustics and experimental music. Played a major role in the development of graphic notation. Large number of students, some prominent. Awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1981.
Works#
Benedictions/Blessings, 1954 (for soprano and 9 instruments); Mobile for Shakespeare, 1960 (for voice and 6 players); Vermutungen ueber ein dunkles Haus, 1964 (for 3 orchestras); Catch I, 1968 (for harpsichord); Comedie, 1969 (anti-opera); Poetics for J. Joyce I and II, 1972 (for tape and live electronic music); Second String Quartet, 1978; Ulysses, 1979 (ballet); Sonata for Piano, 1984; Second String Trio, 1986; Amerika, 1992 (opera). - Writing: Musik - Grafik. Pre-Texte, 1980.Literature#
R. H.-R. Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag, 1989; R. H.-R. Musikmanuskripte, 1991 (list of works); E.-H. Kim, Studien zu den Vokalkompositionen von R. H.-R. mit einem Beitrag zu seiner formalen Idee, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1999.