Waldemar von Baußnern

Waldemar Edler von Baußnern (also Baussnern or Bausznern; 29 November 1866 – 20 August 1931) was a German composer and music teacher.

Born in Berlin, and descended from Transylvanian Saxons, Baußnern was the son of a financial official.

This compositional impetus is reflected in numerous titles of his works, yet his oeuvre lacks any programmatic design.

Stylistically, Baußnern stands out as a maverick to his contemporaries, remaining a composer who defies classification.

Generally, however, his music is rooted in the 19th century, yet exhibits independence of form, ranging from extremes of conventional tonality to frequently polyphonic chromaticism, nonetheless never metamorphosizing into atonality.