Helmut Adalbert Josef Schiff (30 January 1918 – 20 December 1982) was an Austrian composer and music educator.
(1936 to 1938), he studied piano and composition with Johann Nepomuk David from 1939 to 1943 at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with Robert Teichmüller and Felix Petyrek.
[1][2] Schiff taught composition and piano at the Bruckner Conservatory from 1946, with interruptions through employment in music and secondary schools, until his death in 1982.
[3] His estate is administered by the library of the Anton Bruckner Private University, with scholarships and prize money disbursed annually.
[4] Zu seinen Werken gehören vier Symphonien, zahlreiche Konzerte, Klavierstücke, Kammermusik und Chöre.