Charles Frederick Baumgarten

Charles Frederick Baumgarten (originally Karl Friedrich Baumgarten; 1739/1740 – 1824)

There are few details of his early career. By 1760 he was organist of the Lutheran chapel at the Savoy. In 1763 he was leader of the orchestra of the Haymarket Theatre in London; in 1764 he was at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin.

His many pupils included William Dance, Thomas Welsh

Baumgarten died in London in 1824, aged 84. Carl Ferdinand Pohl wrote "he does not seem to have possessed the art of making use of his advantages, and was quickly forgotten."

Compositions Baumgarten's compositions include keyboard works, an oboe concerto, and six quartets for various instruments.

He also wrote some material for the theatre, including the music for Carlo Antonio Delpini's Blue Beard (1791), the overture for Harlequin, Junior (Covent Garden 1784) and some of the music for Netley Abbey (Covent Garden 1794).