Klaus Umbach (24 April 1936 – 28 January 2018) was a German culture journalist, who became known through his trenchant articles and glosses in the magazine ''

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'', but also as an author of books.

Life

Umbach studied law. He subsequently worked as an editor at

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, also at

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. From 1969 to 2007 he was music editor in the cultural section of the German news magazine ''Der Spiegel''. Umbach died in

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at age 81.

Work

Books

* Klaus Umbach (edit.): ''Richard Wagner – ein deutsches Ärgernis''.

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, Hamburg 1982, . * Klaus Umbach: ''Geldschein-Sonate. Das Millionenspiel mit der Klassik''.

Ullstein Verlag The ''Ullstein Verlag'' was founded by Leopold Ullstein in 1877 at Berlin and is one of the largest publishing companies of Germany. It published newspapers like '' B.Z.'' and '' Berliner Morgenpost'' and books through its subsidiaries ''Ullstei ...

, Berlin 1990, . * Klaus Umbach: '' Celibidache, der andere Maestro''.

Piper Verlag Piper Verlag is a German publisher based in Munich, printing both fiction and non-fiction works. It currently prints over 200 new paperback titles per year. Authors published by the company include Andreas von Bülow and Sara Paretsky. It is ow ...

, Munich 1995, .

Musical theatre

* Klaus Umbach: ''Wahnfried Ein deutsches Stammlokal'' Die wunderbare Welt der Wagners. Ein kleines Gesamtkunstwerk.'' World premiere on 27 August 2006,

Ruhrtriennale The Ruhrtriennale ( compound of ''Ruhr'' and ''triennale'' "lasting 3 years"), also known as Ruhr Triennale, was founded in 2002 and is a music and arts festival in the Ruhr-area of Germany which runs between mid-August and mid-October, and happen ...

, staging: Markus Dietze.

References

German radio journalists 20th-century German journalists Der Spiegel people German male writers German biographers German music critics German writers about music German theatre critics German columnists 1936 births 2018 deaths Place of birth missing {{Germany-journalist-stub