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Klaus Umbach
Born24 April 1936
Died28 January 2018(2018-01-28) (aged 81)
Cologne, Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)journalist
author
Notable workDer Spiegel

German culture journalist

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 Der Spiegel, but also as an author of books.

Life

Umbach studied law. He subsequently worked as an editor at EMI, also at Deutsche Welle.

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

Umbach died in Cologne at age 81.

Work

Books

Musical theatre

  • Klaus Umbach: Wahnfried Ein deutsches Stammlokal Die wunderbare Welt der Wagners. Ein kleines Gesamtkunstwerk. World premiere on 27 August 2006, Ruhrtriennale, staging: Markus Dietze.

References

  1. "KLAUS UMBACH, 81", Der Spiegel, 30 December, 2 February 2018
  2. Richard Wagner – ein deutsches Ärgernis on WorldCat
  3. Geldschein-Sonate. Das Millionenspiel mit der Klassik on WorldCat
  4. Celibidache : der andere Maestro on WorldCat
  5. Wahnfried Ein deutsches Stammlokal on Online Music Magazine.
  6. "Wahnfried Ein deutsches Stammlokal. Die wunderbare Welt der Wagners. Ein kleines Gesamtkunstwerk. Von Klaus Umbach". Ruhrtriennale. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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