Willy Hess was a Swiss musicologist, composer, and famous Beethoven scholar.
Education
He was born in Winterthur, where he attended primary and high school, and later studied at the Zurich Conservatory (merged in 1999 into the School of Music, Drama, and Dance (HMT), itself merged in 2007 into the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)) and at the University.
Career
He orchestrated the Piano Concerto Number. 0 (Beethoven), in East-flat from a piano score. He also taught piano, counterpoint, composition, and wrote about music
He wrote "3 ländler op.28" for 4 hand piano duet.
He was a bassoonist with the Winterthur Stadtorchester from 1942 to 1971. Among his compositions is the Sonata for Viola & Bassoon, the only classical-style chamber work written for that combination of instruments.
He died in Winterthur.
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Quotations:
"3 ländler op.28".