Hans Erich Apostel

Hans Erich Apostel (22 January 1901 – 30 November 1972) was a German-born Austrian composer of classical music.

Life and career Hans Erich Apostel was born on 22 January 1901 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He studied at the Munz Conservatory in his native city from 1915 to 1919. There he was a pupil Alfred Lorenz who taught him piano, music theory, and conducting.

In 1920 he was and at the Badisches Landestheater in Karlsruhe. He studied in Vienna with Arnold Schoenberg from 1921 to 1925, and from 1925 to 1935 with Alban Berg, two prominent members of the Second Viennese School. At the same time, he taught piano, composition and music theory privately. his works have rarely been performed. He is buried in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna, Group 32 C, No. 57.