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Richard Baum (musicologist)
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'''Richard Hellmuth Baum''' (8 April 1902 – 6 September 2000) was a German [[musicologist]] and [[music historian]].
== Life ==
=== Family and education ===
Born in [[Esslingen am Neckar]], Baum, son of the trader Wilhelm Baum and his wife Klara, ''née'' Schweitzer, was baptized Protestant and passed his [[Abitur]] at the Realgymnasium in Esslingen am Neckar in 1920. He then devoted himself to the study of [[literary criticism]] at the [[Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen]], in 1921 he transferred to the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]], where he studied musicology with [[Adolf Sandberger]], literature and education, and in 1926 he received his [[Dr. phil.]] doctorate.
Baum married to Margarete ''née'' Burrey in 1936. One child was born of this union. He died in September 2000 at the age of 98 in Kassel.
=== Career ===
Immediately after his doctorate, Baum took up the post as the first editor at the Augsburg [[Bärenreiter-Verlag]], which moved to Kassel in 1927. He later became a [[literary editor]] and worked for this publishing house until his ceremonial retirement in 1971. From 1933 to 1977, Baum served as the first chairman of the Arbeitskreis für Hausmusik (AfH), since 1969 the International Arbeitskreis für Musik (IAM). In this function he was responsible for the Kasseler Musiktage, which took place annually from 1933 to 1937 and since 1950. Baum was editor-in-chief of the magazines '''' (1929-1941) and ''Hausmusik'' (since 1933, later ''Practica''). From 1962 to 1977 he was co-editor of the magazine ''Musica''.
Baum, whose commitment was directed towards several committees of musical youth and adult education, also served as treasurer of the from 1947 to 1977 and as first chairman of the Landgraf Moritz Foundation from 1955 to 1975. In recognition of his special services to music research, he was awarded the Plaque of Honour of the City of Kassel in 1962 and the [[Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen]] in 1976.
== Publications ==
'''Author'''
* ''[[Joseph Wölfl| Joseph Wölfl (1773-1812)]]; Leben, Klavierwerke, Klavierkammermusik und Klavierkonzerte.'' [[Dissertation]], University of Munich 1926, Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1928
'''Editor'''
* ''Geselliges Chorbuch. Lieder und Singradel in einfachen Sätzen für gemischten Chor.'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1938
* ''[[Johann Erasmus Kindermann]] (Author): Tanzstücke für Klavier "(Cembalo, Clavichord oder andere Tasteninstrumente)".'' in ''Hortus Musicus, 61,'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1950
* ''Alte Weihnachtsmusik für Klavier, Orgel und andere Tasteninstrumente. Choralvorspiele alter Meister, von Advent bis Neujahr.'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1953.
* together with Hermann Peter Gericke: ''Bruder Singer : Lieder unseres Volkes.'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1954
* together with [[Wilhelm Ehmann]]: ''Carmina nova; zeitgenössische Chormusik für gemischte Stimmen.'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1961
* ''Das Quempas-Buch: Hausmusikausgabe : Lieder für den Weihnachtsfestkreis.'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1966
* together with [[Wolfgang Rehm]]: Musik und Verlag. '' zum 65. Geburtstag am 12. April 1968.'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, New York, 1968
== Literatur ==
* August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: '' the German Who's Who, Band 16.'', Arani, Berlin, 1970 , .
* [[Friedrich Blume]] (ed.): ''[[Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart]]: allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik, volume 15.'' Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel, 1973 , .
* (ed.): ''. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Band 2 Bauer-Ose – Björnson.'' Bern, Munich, 2001 (2nd edition) , .
* (ed.) ''[[Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie]] (DBE): Volume 1: Aachen – Braniß.'' [[De Gruyter]], Munich, 2005 , .
== References ==
== External links ==
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