Hans Halm (musicologist)

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Hans Halm (born April 5, 1898 in Munich ; † January 26, 1965 there ) was a German librarian and musicologist .

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Hans Halm comes from a family of scholars and artists. His father, Philipp Maria Halm , was director of the Bavarian National Museum from 1916 to 1931 , the etcher Peter Halm was his uncle.

After attending school and Absolutorium on Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich in 1917 Halm was the Patriotic Subsidiary of the Bavarian State Library allotted what influenced his later career choice crucial. From 1918 he studied German and English philology , history and musicology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich ; In 1924 he received his doctorate .

From 1926 he worked for the Bavarian State Library in Munich. In 1930 he became a state librarian and employee of the Bamberg State Library, and in 1933 he returned to the State Library of Munich as a state librarian, where he became head of the music collection in 1938.

In 1951 he was a founding member of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centers (AIML, formerly AIBM) and from 1955 to 1964 President of the German group of AIBM . In 1957 he was a co-founder of the Society for Bavarian Music History

Publications

  • The fate of the Bavarian State Library during the Second World War . According to official reports, personal statements and personal experiences. C. Wolf & Sohn, Munich 1949
  • Beethoven's work . Thematic-bibliographical index of all his completed compositions. From Georg Kinsky ; Completed after the author's death and edited by Hans Halm. G. Henle Verlag, Munich, 1955
  • An unknown handwriting of the “ Children's Symphony ” . In: Anthony van Hoboken . Festschrift for the 75th birthday. Author: Joseph Schmidt-Görg; B. Schott's Sons, Mainz, 1962.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
  2. ^ Walther Killy, Rudolf Vierhaus, Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE), Verlag KGSaur (2008).
personal data
SURNAME Halm, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Librarian and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1965
Place of death Munich