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Herbert Karl Wilhelm Baumann

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Herbert Karl Wilhelm Baumann, German composer, conductor. Decorated Order of Federal Republic of Germany; recipient Silbernes Ehrenzeichen Genossenschaft Deutscher Bühnenangehöriger, 1979, Diploma d'Onore Ordine International, 1981, Diploma of Honor, GEMA, 1998. Member Deutscher Komponisten Verband, Münchener Tonkünstler Verband.

Background

Baumann, Herbert Karl Wilhelm was born on July 31, 1925 in Berlin, Federal Republic Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Elfriede Martha Charlotte (Bade) Baumann.

Education

Berlin Classical High School, Schillergymnasium and Institute Music Institute.

Career

stage music (Ballets: Alice in Wonderland, Rumpelstilzehen), music for radio, cinema and television, orchestral, chamber and choral works, several suites for plucked instruments and works for organ. Conductor Tchaikovski Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, 1946-1947. Composer, conductor Deutsches Theater, 1947-1953, State Theater Schillertheater, Berlin, 1953-1970. Manager all museum affairs, composer Bavarian State Theater Residenztheater, Munich, 1970-1979.

Free-lance composer, since 1979. 2d chairman Munich Tonkünstler Verband, 1976-1981. Leader Team Modern Music, Munich, 1978-1983.

Membership

Member Deutscher Komponisten Verband, Münchener Tonkünstler Verband.

Interests

  • Travelling and wandering, reading, especially books on fine arts.

Connections

Married Marianne Erna Elisabeth Brose, March 22, 1951. Children: Michael, Peter.

Father:
Wilhelm Baumann

Mother:
Elfriede Martha Charlotte (Bade) Baumann

Spouse:
Marianne Erna Elisabeth Brose

child:
Michael Baumann

child:
Peter Baumann