Gruber, H(einz) K(arl) (1943- )

Austrian composer. He has played the double bass in various Viennese orchestras, and co-founded the avant-garde group MOB Art and Tone ART.

He studied at the Vienna Hochschule and with Gottfried von Einem.

Works Stage melodrama Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies for speakers and six instruments (1966); spectacle Gomorrah (1972); ‘pandemonium’ Frankenstein!! for baritone and orchestra (1977); stage work Gloria von Jaxtberg (1993).

Orchestral concerto for orchestra (1964), Manhattan Broadcasts for chamber orchestra, Arien for violin and orchestra, Rough Music, concerto for percussion and orchestra (1983); two violin concertos (1978, revised 1992, and 1988); cello concerto (1989).

Voices and instruments Mass for chorus, two trumpets, horn, double bass, and percussion (1960), Reportage aus Gomorrah for five singers and eight players (1976).

Other Demilitarized Zones for brass band (1979), Bring Me the Head of Amadeus, TV film for the Mozart bicentenary (1991).