Richard Baum (musicologist)

Richard Hellmuth Baum (born April 8, 1902 in Esslingen am Neckar , † September 6, 2000 in Kassel ) was a German musicologist and music historian .

Life

Family and education

The Evangelical baptized Richard Baum, son of the businessman in 1920 Wilhelm Baum and his spouse Klara born Schweitzer put, the Abitur at grammar school from Esslingen am Neckar. He then devoted himself to studying literature at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , in 1921 he moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he studied musicology with Adolf Sandberger , literary studies and education , and in 1926 he was awarded a doctorate. phil. PhD .

Richard Baum married Margarete nee Burrey in 1936. A child came from this connection. He died in September 2000 at the old age of 98 in Kassel.

Professional background

Immediately after completing his doctorate, Richard Baum took up the position as the first editor at Bärenreiter-Verlag in Augsburg , who moved to Kassel in 1927. The later appointed editor-in-chief worked for this publishing house until his formal retirement in 1971. Richard Baum acted from 1933 to 1977 as first chairman of the Working Group for House Music (AfH), since 1969 the International Working Group for Music (IAM). In this function he was responsible for the Kassel Music Days, which have taken place annually from 1933 to 1937 and since 1950. Richard Baum was the editor of the magazines Musik und Kirche (1929–1941) and Hausmusik (since 1933, later Practica). From 1962 to 1977 he was co-editor of Musica magazine.

Baum, whose commitment applied to several committees for musical youth and adult education, also worked from 1947 to 1977 as treasurer of the Society for Music Research and from 1955 to 1975 as first chairman of the Landgraf Moritz Foundation. In recognition of his special services to music research, he was awarded the plaque of honor of the city of Kassel in 1962 and the Goethe plaque of the state of Hesse in 1976.

Publications

• author
• Joseph Wölfl (1773-1812) ; Life, piano works, piano chamber music and piano concerts. Dissertation , University of Munich 1926, Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1928

• editor
• Sociable choir book. Songs and Singradel in simple sentences for mixed choir. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1938
• Johann Erasmus Kindermann (author): Dance pieces for piano "(harpsichord, clavichord or other keyboard instruments)". in: Hortus Musicus, 61, Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1950
• Old Christmas music for piano, organ and other keyboard instruments. Choral preludes from old masters, from Advent to New Year. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1953.
• together with Hermann Peter Gericke: Brother Singer: Songs of our people. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1954
• together with Wilhelm Ehmann : Carmina nova; contemporary choral music for mixed voices. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1961
• The Quempas Book: House Music Edition: Songs for the Christmas Festival Group. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1966
• together with Wolfgang Rehm : Music and Publishing. Karl Vötterle on his 65th birthday on April 12, 1968. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, New York, 1968

literature

• August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? The German Who's Who, Volume 16. , Arani, Berlin, 1970 ISBN 3-7605-2007-3 , p. 51.
• Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present : general encyclopedia of music, volume 15. Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1973 ISBN 3-7618-0410-5 , p. 569.
• Lutz Hagestedt (Ed.): German Literature Lexicon . The 20th century. Volume 2 Bauer-Ose - Björnson. Bern, Munich, 2001 (2nd edition) ISBN 3-908255-02-3 , p. 1963.
• Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.) German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE): Volume 1: Aachen - Braniss. De Gruyter, Munich, 2005 ISBN 3-1118-4343-2 , p. 419.

Web links

• Literature by and about Richard Baum in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry about Richard Baum in the HNA Regiowiki