Education
He studied conducting, piano, and trombone Berlin Hochschule für Musik with Konrad Friedrich Noetel and Boris Blacher.
He studied conducting, piano, and trombone Berlin Hochschule für Musik with Konrad Friedrich Noetel and Boris Blacher.
He spent two years as a choir director and deputy Kapellmeister at the opera in Stralsund (1947-1949). He taught piano and music theory at the Berlin College of Music (1946-1978). In 1960 he was appointed professor
Baumann also appeared as conductor and choirmaster and from 1963 interim head of the choir of Saint Hedwig"s Cathedral.
His cantata Libertas cruciata was the first composition written specifically to be played on stereo FM radio.