Born: July 18, 1914 - Leipzig, Germany
Died: 1982 - Dresden, Germany ?

The German organist, harpsichordist, conductor, Herbert Collum, studied organ with Karl Straube and Günther Ramin at the Hochschule fur Musik in Leipzig; also piano with Adolf Martienssen and composition with J .N .David.

In 1934 Herbert Collum became organist of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. In 1935 he founded the Collum Concerts, and in 1946 the Collum Choir of Dresden. He was a distinguished interpreter of the music of Bach, both as organist and as harpsichordist; he also composed concertos for harpsichord and many vocal works.

Source: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2002)

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