Halm, August Otto
(1869–1929)
AUGUST OTTO HALMHALM, AUGUST OTTOAUGUST OTTO HALM [* 1869-† 1929] The rich and varied writings of August Halm offer a unique perspective on the musical art, coming from the portentous period at the beginning of the current century, when the monumental works of Wagner and BRUCKNER were occupying the attention of many musicians and the philosophical outlook of Schopenhauer was influencing their dispositions. Halm's youthful Harmonielehre (1900) offers a dynamic interpretation of what he regarded…