Hellmuth Christian Wolff (23 May 1906, in Zürich – 1 July 1988, in Leipzig) was a German composer and musicologist.
As a young man he studied music in Berlin and Kiel.
Also of interest, are his writings on the visual aspects of music which led him to study iconography, including a pictorial history of opera.
[1] Wolff’s reputation rests on his many publications rather than on his compositions which were rarely performed.
He composed four operas: Der kleine und der grosse Klaus (1931, revised 1940), Die törichten Wünsche (1943), Der Tod des Orpheus (1947), and Ich lass' mich scheiden (1950),[2] and wrote a ballet and several orchestral and chamber works.