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Erik Werba (23 May 1918 – 9 April 1992) was an Austrian classical pianist who is especially known as an accompanist of singers. He was also a music critic, conductor, composer, author and academic teacher.
Werba completed the Matura at the Baden Gymnasium in 1936. He then studied at both the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and the University of Vienna, where he earned a PhD in 1940.Erik Werba: Die Rolle und Bedeutung des Sängers bei Homer, Hesiod und Pindar. Dissertation. Universität Wien, Wien 1940, OBV. He worked as a music critic and teacher, and directed the Mozartgemeinde after World War II. Werba was Kapellmeister at the from 1945 to 1946.Franziska Dzugan: Chamäleons im Blätterwald. Die Wurzeln der ÖVP-ParteijournalistInnen in Austrofaschismus, Nationalsozialismus, Demokratie und Widerstand. Eine kollektivbiografische Analyse an den Beispielen Wiener Tageszeitung und Linzer Volksblatt 1945 bzw. 1947 bis 1955. Dissertation. Universität Wien, Wien 2011, p. 171. – Volltext online (PDF; 1,4 MB). As a pianist, he focused on accompanying singers. He collaborated with Irmgard Seefried, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Kim Borg,"Seefried, Ludwig, Berry und Borg waren die Sänger mit denen ich die Welt bereist habe." – Erik Werba in an earlier studio discussion. Broadcast on 24 May 2018 in Stimmen hören on Ö1 Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier and Nicolai Gedda, appearing internationally.
Werba was a professor of lied and oratorio at the Wiener Musikakademie from 1949 to 1990, and from 1964 to 1971 also at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz. As a journalist, he worked for the newsletters of the Mozartgemeinde, the Wiener Figaro, the Österreichische Musikzeitschrift and the periodical Musikerziehung.Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Musikerziehung in Österreich (AGMÖ): Musikerziehung mit AGMÖ-Nachrichten. AGMÖ, Wien 1947/48–, OBV. As a composer, he wrote incidental music, chamber music and lieder.
Werba died on 9 April 1992 in Hinterbrühl. He is buried at the Maria Enzersdorf cemetery.
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