Baumbach, Friedrich August
Baumbach, Friedrich August
Baumbach, Friedrich August, German composer and writer on music; b. Gotha (baptized), Sept. 12, 1753; d. Leipzig, Nov. 30, 1813. He was active as a singer, and then as a violinist and music director in Hamburg (1777–89). After serving as music director of the new Riga theater (1782–83), he settled in Leipzig in 1790 and wrote the articles on music for J. Grohmann’s Kurzege-fasstes Handwörterbuch über die schönen Künste (1794). He composed various chamber and vocal works.
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
More From encyclopedia.com
Sheet Music , Background
Sheet music is a magic carpet. It is a printed page that, like a book, tells an original story created by the talent, imagination, trainin… Steve Reich , Reich, Steve
Composer
Like Philip Glass, John Adams, and Terry Riley, Steve Reich belongs to a group of composers known as “minimalists,” who write m… William Schuman , Schuman, William
Composer, educator, administrator
William Schuman had an ordinary childhood in New York City, with little to suggest that he would b… Otto Clarence Luening , Luening, Otto
Otto Luening
Composer
Best known as a pioneer of electronic music, Otto Luening was an American composer, conductor, flutist, and teach… Mus , Mus. Abbreviation for ‘Music’, as in B.Mus. (Bachelor of Music), D.Mus. (Doctor of Music), etc. George Rochberg , Rochberg, George
Rochberg, George
Composer
In the 1960s, classical composers in the United States and Europe were in the grip of a system known as se…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Baumbach, Friedrich August