Theodore Baker

Short Name: Theodore Baker
Full Name: Baker, Theodore, 1851-1934
Birth Year: 1851
Death Year: 1934

Theodore Baker (b. New York, NY, 1851; d. Dresden, Germany, 1934). Baker is well known as the compiler of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (first ed. 1900), the first major music reference work that included American composers. Baker studied music in Leipzig, Germany, and wrote a dissertation on the music of the Seneca people of New York State–one of the first studies of the music of American Indians. From 1892 until his retirement in 1926, Baker was a literary editor and translator for G. Schirmer, Inc., in New York City. In 1926, he returned to Germany.

Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987

Wikipedia Biography

Theodore Baker (June 3, 1851 – October 12, 1934) was an American musicologist.

Texts by Theodore Baker (12)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Aquí reunidos en tu santo nombreTheodore Baker (Author)Spanish2
Behold, rose of Judah from tender branch (Baker)Theodore Baker (Author)2
Christ, we do all adore theeAdoramus Te (Author)English19
Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungenTheodore Baker (Translator)German1
Lo, how a rose e'er bloomingTheodore Baker, 1851-1934 (Translator (sts. 1-2)English77
Mahalo no makou ia oe e ke AkuaTheodore Baker (Translator)2
നാം കൂ-ടി വരുന്നിന്നു ആ-ശിഷം യാചിപ്പാൻ (Nāṁ kū-ṭi varunninnu ā-śiṣaṁ yācippān)Theodore Baker (Translator (English))Malayalam2
Nos hemos reunido en tu nombre de CristoTheodore Baker, 1851-1934 (Tr. inglesa)Spanish4
Nos hemos reunido en tu nombre, oh CristoTheodore Baker (Translator (al inglés))Spanish3
The morning star on high is glowingDr. Th. Baker (Author (English version))English2
We gather together to ask the Lord's blessingTheodore Baker (Author)English168
While by my sheep I watched at nightTheodore Baker (Author)English5

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