Harold Willard HEIBERG

Abt 1922 - 2013  (91 years)

• Name	Harold Willard HEIBERG
  Birth	Abt 1922	Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jun 2013	Texas
  Notes	Survived his step-mother who died in 2010. Harold Heiberg, 91, Professor Emeritus of Music, died June 17. He worked as professor of voice and accompanying at UNT from 1971 to 2004, and had a career that included performing at Lincoln Center in New York City and serving as a translator of more than 250 choral and operatic works from German, Italian, Norwegian and French. As a piano recitalist, soloist with orchestra, chamber musician and accompanist, he played concerts throughout Western Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Taiwan, including 75 recitals for the U.S. Information Service of the State Department in Germany and Austria. Heiberg accompanied many accomplished musicians including mezzo-soprano Beverly Wolff and violinist Josef Gingold. He served as adjudicator for the Metropolitan Opera and other piano/vocal competitions, published articles in the Journal of Singing and gave frequent master classes and workshops. During the summers from 1969 to 2007, he taught German art song at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Germany and Austria. Heiberg’s numerous honors include the St. Olaf College Distinguished Alumnus Award (1974), the UNT Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education (1989) and the UNT J.H. Shelton Excellence in Teaching Award (2000). Heiberg earned a bachelor’s in music from St. Olaf College and a master’s in music education at Columbia University. His teachers included pianist Karl Ulrich Schnabel, baritone Gerhard Hüsch, pianist Leonard Shure and voice pedagogue Cornelius Reid. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. He is survived by his wife, Eva Lundberg Heiberg, two half-sisters and one half-brother.
  Person ID	I13365	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Andreas Severin (Andrew) HEIBERG,   b. 22 Dec 1894, Wild Rice Twp, Norman County, Minnesota d. 7 Jul 1987, Clay County, Minnesota (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Gerda Clarice OLSON,   b. 5 Feb 1896, Norman County, Minnesota d. 22 Jul 1932, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1917	Norman County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F5484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva LUNDBERG
  Family ID	F9987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart