Eric Baumann (born 1962) is a German
musicologist
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
.
He is an authority on the work of
Karl May
Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his 19th century novels of fictitious travels and adventures, set in the American Old West with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand as main pro ...
. He is better known popularly for his humorous book ''Der Komponist Ferdinand Loh'' (''The Composer Ferdinand Loh''), which is about the anonymous children's piece ''
Der Flohwalzer.''
Works
* ''Kleine Frühlingsmusik: für Flöte u. Klavier'', Bärenreiter-Verl., 1988
* ''Der Komponist Ferdinand Loh und sein opus magnum, Der Flohwalzer'', Atlantis, 1996,
* ''Ein Ave Maria im Wilden Westen: Karl May als Komponist'', Atlantis Musikbuch-Verlag, 2002,
* ''Wie kam die Glace auf das Stängeli?: 150 Fragen aus der weiten Welt der Wirtschaft'', Eric Baumann, Stefan Eiselin Cosmos-Verl., 2009,
References
German musicologists
1962 births
Living people
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