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Theodor Hassek (born 11 April 1929 in Linz; died 28 October 2009 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer and musician. ==Life== Hassek descended from a musical family. At the age of 14 he attended the Potansky music school in Vienna and thereafter studied composition at the Vienna Academy for Music under Joseph Marx, Otto Siegl and Rudolf Kattnigg as well as piano under Eugenie Wild-Volek and Ludwig Czaczkes. From 1944 until 1954 Theo Hassek performed as pianist and interpreter of his own works. His pianistic repertoire ranged from Johann Sebastian Bach to the 20th century and comprised also technically demanding works such as Ravels "Gaspard de la Nuit", "Miroirs", Balakirews "Islamey" and Liszts h-moll-Sonata. 1950 he passed the exam for piano and 1952 got his matriculation exam for composition theory. After three years as head of the music school in Kittsee (1951 to 1953) he decided for an "ordinary" occupation and worked as agent for a publishing house, as warehouse keeper and for property management. Besided he composed several music works amongst others for the subsequent composer and clarinet of the Vienna Phlharmonic Orchestra Arnold Hartl. 1957 he married Ingeborg Smolik. After 1962 he turned back towards music an actively played as member of the three-man band "The Gamblers" together with his cousin Erhard Hassek beat and dancing music. After a number of engagements in shady bars they succeeded a breakthrough at the winter Olympic games at Innsbruck 1964 where they performend at the Sporthotel in Axamer Lizum. From now on the band was assigned at Intercont Hotels in Genf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Düsseldorf and Vienna. After the birth of his son Helmut ( * 1967) the family moved back to Vienna in 1971. From 1971 Hassek turned also to traditional Vienna music "Wienerlied" and performed at Heurigen Christ 42 in Vienna Stammersdorf and at Bach-Hengl in Grinzing, where he was part of the band "Die Charmanten Wiener". Apart from a few performances at four-hand piano (together with his longtime partner Helmut Hofmann) he terminated his career of an active musician due to health reasons in 1983 but henceforth worked as an editor and arranger for vor Vienna based publishers (i. a. Weltmusik Hochmuth-Verlag, Hermann Schneider). In those days he arranged over 500 Werke (predominantly easy listening) for piano. He retired 1988 but kept composing. Theodor Hassek died from heart disease on 28 October 2009.〔http://regionaut.meinbezirk.at/tulln-an-der-donau/kultur/lass-dich-von-der-muse-kuessen-d26866.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theodor Hassek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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