Hans Gebhard-Elsaß

Hans Gebhard-Elsaß was a German composer and music educator.

Family

His father was Paul Julius Gebhard, a judge and later military personnel who took part in the Franco-Prussian War. His mother was Mathilde Küss, a pianist from Alsace.

Biography

Gebhard was born in Mülhausen and grew up wanting to become a composer, his father though, wanted him to study art history and Philosophy. After his studies, he was taught violin and cello under Hugo Becker, piano under Gustavo Uzielli and composition and music theory under Iwan Knorr and Robert Kahn.
In 1913, he would then get offered a job as an improvisation teacher by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze at his self-founded school "Festspielhaus Hellerau", but would later quit in 1918. Gebhard in 1941, would teach in Marburg until his death in 1947.