Theodore Baker

Theodore Baker was an American musicologist.  He was a New York native born on June 3, 1851.  Although he was an American citizen, he preferred to travel to Germany to the University of Leipzig to get his education.  After he received his Doctorate, Baker returned to the United States and got a job working for G. Schirmer Publishing as the literary editor.  Throughout his career he wrote several dissertations and articles about music.  After he retired, he returned to Germany and died in Dresden in 1934.