Hanns Jelinek was an Austria

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n composer

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 of Czech

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 descent who is also known under the pseudonym

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 Hanns Elin.

Jelinek studied briefly with Franz Schmidt

Franz Schmidt

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, Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

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 and Alban Berg

Alban Berg

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. The latter two influenced him to write many works in the twelve-tone technique

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. Later, he studied music on his own; from 1958 on, he was a lecturer and after 1965, a professor at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1966, he was awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize.

Alireza Mashayekhi

Alireza Mashayekhi

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, one of the most important representatives of new music in Persia (Iran

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), studied under Jelinek for a while.

Jelinek was born and died in Vienna

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