Hans Duhan

Hans Duhan was born as Johann Duhan on 27 January 1890 in Vienna (Austria-Hungary). His vocal talent was recognised at an early age, and he initially studied singing privately before entering the Konservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. He studied voice with Heinrich Gottinger and Emil Steger, while also receiving instruction in piano, organ, and music theory from Ferdinand Rebay. In addition, he completed a course in conducting under Franz Schalk and Felix Weingartner.
Hans Duhan made his debut in 1910 at the Municipal Theatre in Troppau (now Opava, Czech Republic). In 1914, he joined the ensemble of the Vienna Court Opera, becoming one of the theatre’s leading singers. Over the following decades, he performed an extensive repertoire ranging from Mozart and German Romantic opera to contemporary works. There he made an important contribution to some significant premieres of twentieth-century musical theatre. In 1916, he participated in the revised version of Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss’s "Ariadne auf Naxos" and in 1934, he took part in the world premiere of Franz Lehar’s "Giuditta".
Hans Duhan is also remembered today as the first artist to record complete versions of Franz Schubert’s song cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise. In recognition of his achievements, he was appointed Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera.
In addition to his career as an opera singer, Hans Duhan also devoted himself to composition. He wrote mainly songs (Lieder), vocal works, and smaller instrumental compositions.
Hans Duhan died on 6 March 1971 in Vienna (Austria). 

In my possession is the autograph full score of the "Festmesse" for SATB chorus, small orchestra and organ by Hans Duhan. The work was composed in 1909, so in the last of his study years. It was never published and as far as I know never performed.