Huber, Hans

1852-

Composer and teacher; born in Shoneward, Switzerland. Studied for four years at the Leipsic Conservatory. After two years of private teaching in Wesserling, he became a teacher in a school of music at Thann, Alsace, and in 1896 was made director of the Music School of Basle, as successor to H. Bagge. In 1892 the University of Basle conferred upon him the honorary title of Doctor of Philosophy. Huber's compositions are varied, including operas, sonatas, suites for two and four hands, fugues, songs, part-songs, cantatas, trios, overtures, violin concerto, symphonies, serenades, quartets for strings, suite for piano and cello, etc. They show somewhat the influence of Schumann and Brahms as well as Liszt and Wagner, but he has added much of himself and they have an original rhythm and poetical setting. His best known works are a fairy opera, Florestan; a Tell symphony; Summer Night, a serenade; Rbmischer Carnival for orchestra, and his two operas, Weltfrühling and Kudrun.