Ludwig Hess (composer)

Ludwig Hess (23 March 1877, Marburg an der Lahn–5 February 1944, Berlin) was a German composer, and conductor.

[1] Hess published his first compositions, a collection of Lieder, at the age of twenty.

[2] He gave a successful tour of America in 1911, performing songs by Hugo Wolf and Franz Schubert.

[3] Hess was appointed as a professor at the Akademie für Kirchen- und Schulmusik in 1924, a position he held until 1934.

[4] In the 1930s, his operas became more widely performed, with Trianon oder Das Hausgespenst (after Plautus) and Was ihr wollt (after Shakespeare) receiving premieres in 1937 and 1941, respectively.