Ernst Hess [SEP] conflict
Ernst Hess
Leutnant Ernst Hess HOH IC was a World War I flying ace credited with 17 confirmed and four unconfirmed aerial victories. Hess was one of a few World War I pilots involved in aviation prewar, as he gained his civil pilot's license on 26 September 1913. He was already enrolled in "Die Fliegertruppen" (The Flying Troops) of the Imperial German Army when World War I began. He qualified for his military pilot's license on 21 November 1914, and was launched on his flying career as one
Ernst Hess (composer)
Ernst Hess (13 May 1912 in Schaffhausen – 2 November 1968 in Egg) was a Swiss conductor, composer and musicologist.
Hess studied at the conservatory of Zurich from 1932 and 1934, and then at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, with Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger among others. From 1935 he worked in Switzerland as conductor of several choirs and orchestras. In 1938 he was appointed lecturer of music theory at the conservatory of Winterthur. From 1956 he taught musicology at the University