Reinhold Weber

Reinhold Weber was born on 18 July 1927 in Gießen (Germany). At the age of nine the family moved to Düsseldorf where he continued school and received his first musical education. After school Reinhold Weber enrolled at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Düsseldorf and studied under Jürg Baur (composition) and Max Martin Stein (piano). He also attended further masterclasses and courses with Wolfgang Fortner, Hermann Heiß, Olivier Messiaen (aesthetics, analysis and composition), Kurt Thomas (choral conducting), Andor Foldes (piano) and Gerhard Nestler (electronic music).
After completing his studies Reinhold Weber worked as a composer and educator. From 1964 to 1992 he held a full-time position at the Baden Conservatory of Music in Karlsruhe where he taught piano and music theory and led preparatory courses for higher music studies. In parallel Reinhold Weber was active in the Studio for Electronic Music at the University of Karlsruhe under the direction of Peter-Michael Fischer. Beginning in 1967 he increasingly focused on electronic music initially working with analog equipment such as tape machines, sine wave generators and oscillators and later using computer technology. From the 1970s onward he became particularly engaged with computer music. Over the years Reinhold Weber composed over 100 compositions, his works often incorporated twelve-tone techniques. In 1987 Weber received an honorable mention at a composition competition for piano music in Paris for his work “Geburt… Leben… und Tod einer Toccata.”
After retiring from his teaching position in 1992 he remained active as a composer and continued his association with the Baden Conservatory.
Reinhold Weber died on 25 March 2013 in Karlsruhe (Germany).

In my possession is the autograph manuscript of the "Suite in C for piano" op.12 by Reinhold Weber. The composition consists of the five parts I. Praeludium, II. Fuge, III. Interludium, IV. Invention and V. Postludium. The work was composed 1946.