Widmer, Ernst, 1927-1990

LC control no.	n 81080906
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML134.W63 Biography
Personal name heading	Widmer, Ernst, 1927-1990 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Brazil Switzerland
Located	Salvador (Brazil)
Birth date	19270425
Death date	19900103
Place of birth	Aarau (Switzerland)
Place of death	Aarau (Switzerland)
Field of activity	Music
Affiliation	Seminários livres de Música Escola de Música e Artes Cênicas da UFBA Universidade Federal da Bahia. Escola de Música Universidade Federal da Bahia
Profession or occupation	Composers Music teachers College teachers
Found in	His Concerto da camera, für Violine und Streichorchester, 1966. Schuh, W. Schweizer Musiker-Lexikon, 1964 (Widmer, Ernst; b. Apr. 25, 1927, Aarau) Ernst Widmer, 1997: p. 11 (Ernst Widmer; d. in Aarau, Switzerland, 01/03/1990) Grove music online, September 18, 2014 (Widmer, Ernst; born April 25, 1927, Aarau; died January 3, 1990, Aarau; Brazilian composer and teacher of Swiss birth; moved in 1956 to Salvador, Bahia, where he taught at the Seminários livres de Música; in 1963 appointed chief composition professor at the Federal University of Bahia, and took up the directorship of the Seminários (1963-5, 1967-9, 1976-80), later renamed the Escola de Música e Artes Cênicas, then the Escola de Música; retired from the university in 1987 and renewed his ties with his native city in Switzerland)