Heinrich Gattermeyer

Heinrich Gattermeyer (1923–2018) was an Austrian composer and music educator. Born in Sierning, Gattermeyer, son of the poet Karl Gattermeyer, graduated in 1941 at the Akademisches Gymnasium Linz and was subsequently drafted for military service. After the war, he studied piano with Bruno Seidlhofer, Choral conducting and conducting with Ferdinand Grossmann, as well as composition with Alfred Uhl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna from 1945 to 1950. He also completed studies in German at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1948/49 with a teaching certificate. Initially Gattermeyer taught at Viennese grammar schools and from 1964 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Gattermeyer was president of the Austrian Society for Contemporary Music for eleven years from 1973,from 1984 to 1990 president of the AKM Authors, Composers and Music Publishers, from 1992 to 2001 president of the Austrian Composers Association and from 1996 was president of the Dommusikverein am St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, which existed until 2005. Gattermeyer also served as choirmaster for several Viennese choirs, including the Wiener Schubertbund from 1960 to 1973. Gattermeyer died in Vienna at the age of 94 and was buried at Ober Sankt Veiter Friedhof.