Selmar Bagge

Selmar Bagge (30 June 1823 – 16 July 1896)[1] was a German composer, music journalist and academic.

In 1837 he went to Prague Conservatory, studying composition with Friedrich Dionys Weber and cello with Johann Hüttner.

In 1859 he became editor of Deutsche Musikzeitung, in which he was one of the first in Vienna to promote the music of Schumann and Brahms.

[1][4] George Grove wrote in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians: "Bagge is a strong conservative and an able writer.

Beethoven and Schumann are his models in art, and he has no mercy on those who differ from him.... His music is correct and fluent, but poor in invention and melody.