Wimberger, Gerhard#
b. Vienna, Aug. 30, 1923, composer, conductor. Conductor at the Salzburg Landestheater from 1948-1951; 1953-1981 head of the theatre's conductors and 1968-1991 head of a composition class at the Salzburg "Mozarteum" College of Music; member of the management of the Salzburg Festival from 1971-1991; 1990-1998 president of the National Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers ( AKM). Austrian State Prize for Music in 1967.
Works#
Plays: Schaubudengeschichte, 1954; Der Handschuh, 1955; La Battaglia oder Der rote Federbusch, 1960; Hero und Leander, 1963; Dame Kobold, 1964; Lebensregeln, 1972; Paradou, 1985; Fuerst von Salzburg. Wolf Dietrich, 1987. - Works for orchestras, vocal music (cantatas, songs), chamber music. - Autobiography: ... nicht nur Musik, 1997.Literature#
H. Goertz, G. W., 1991; G. Brosche (ed.), Musikal. Dokumentation G. W., exhibition catalogue, Austrian National Library, Vienna 1992.