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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  Heinze, Sir Bernard Thomas
Heinze received violin lessons at an early age at Ballarat under the guidance of Walter Gude (1904-12) and the Melbourne University under Franklin Peterson (Melbourne General Cemetery) before being awarded the (Sir William) Clarke Scholarship at the Royal College of Music in London (1913).
Succeeding William Laver (q.v.) as chair of the largely private funded Ormond Professor of Music (1926-57), he lobbied the creation of the Faculty of Music under the control of the University Council and thereby able to influence state education policy for the successful introduction of music to the state curriculum.
As director general of music with the new National Broadcasting Service at 3.L.O-3.A.R (forerunner to the A.B.C), he was able to inspire a generation of Australians to the love of orchestral music that was until then largely a luxury to the upper classes.
www.brightoncemetery.com /HistoricInterments/150Names/heinzeb.htm   (356 words)

  
 Sir Bernard Heinze
Born in 1894, Bernard Heinze conducted many great orchestras in Australia, most particularly the Melbourne Symphony.
Fritz Hart faded out and Bernard Heinze was left with the only major orchestra in the city, the new Melbourne Symphony.
GUY NOBLE: Bernard Heinze was an educator, and as early as the 1920s, he came up with the idea of children's concerts to introduce children to classical music and make it seem less strange and stuffy.
www.abc.net.au /dimensions/dimensions_in_time/Transcripts/s560048.htm   (686 words)

  
 Descendants of Johann Christoph Friedrich Heinze
LeRoy Theodore Heinze was born in Jun 1923 at Emmanuel Hospital, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
Donald "Don" Heinze was born on 17 Dec 1917 at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Mildred Alice Heinze was born on 18 Jun 1924 at Anchor Hospital, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
www.visi.com /~andersen/heinze3.html   (1802 words)

  
 National Australia Day Council - Australia of the Year Award 2007
Born in Victoria, Heinze studied violin in Melbourne and Europe.
In 1929 Heinze was appointed music adviser to the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Bernard Heinze was hailed as the most influential figure in Australian music, critics declaring: 'there is not a fibre of our musical life that has not been modified by his career.'
www.australianoftheyear.gov.au /pages/page97.asp   (198 words)

  
 MILESAGO - The Almanac - 1974
Born in Victoria, conductor and musician Heinze studied violin in Melbourne and Europe.
Heinze introduced Aussie audiences to the music of Bruckner, Shostakovich, Bartok and Walton and championed the work of Australian composers.
Heinze was hailed as the most influential figure in Australian music, with one critic declaring: "there is not a fibre of our musical life that has not been modified by his career".
www.milesago.com /Almanac/1974.htm   (3626 words)

  
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Alvina Paulena Heinze was born on 12 Mar 1869 at Lime Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
William Henry Heinze was born on 31 Dec 1885 at Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
Irma Lora Heinze was born in Dec 1894.
www.visi.com /~andersen/heinze2.html   (1821 words)

  
 Bernard Heinze Award to leading Handel conductor : The Voice : News : The University of Melbourne
Mr Abbott says he is “thrilled and honoured” to have been awarded the 2007 Bernard Heinze Award.
The Bernard Heinze Award is made each year to recognise outstanding contribution to music in Australia.
It honours the memory of Sir Bernard Heinze (1894–1982), who was for 31 years Ormond Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne, and one of the major pioneers of orchestral musical life in Australia.
uninews.unimelb.edu.au /articleid_3980.html   (488 words)

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