Helmut Eder (December 26, 1916,
Linz – February 8, 2005,
Salzburg) was an
Austrian composer.
Eder studied until 1948 at the
Linz Conservatory, later studying with
Johann Nepomuk David in
Stuttgart and
Carl Orff in
Munich. Returning to Linz, he became a teacher at the Linz Conservatory, accepting a position as full professor in 1962. He also conducted the Singakademie in Linz from 1953 to 1960 and founded an
electronic music studio in the city in 1959. He became professor of composition at the
Salzburg Mozarteum in 1967.
Eder composed in a wide variety of traditional genres, and also wrote scores for film, television, and radio.
Works
Eder's works are mainly published by Doblinger.
Operas
Oedipus (1958/59), H. Weinstock, after
Sophocles, 1960 Linz