Hans Haug

Hans Haug (b Basle, 27 July 1900; d Lausanne, 15 Sept 1967). Swiss conductor and composer. He studied at the Basle Conservatory and with Courvoisier and Pembaur in Munich.

Returning to Switzerland he was appointed musical director at Grange and Solothurn, choirmaster and assistant conductor at the Basle City Theatre (1928–34), and then conductor of the French Swiss RO (1935–8) and of the Beromünster RO (1938–43). Later he worked as a teacher and a guest conductor in Switzerland and other countries. As a composer he had most success with his eight operas and with various radio operas and operettas; he also wrote orchestral works, chamber pieces, choruses and film scores, all in a light style drawing something from Wolf. Avoiding contrapuntal and tonal complication, his music was designedly popular in appeal. (Manuscripts of his works can be found in CH-LAcu.)