Kaim, Franz

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Kaim, Franz

Kaim, Franz, German literary historian and music patron; b. Kirchheim unter Tech, near Stuttgart, May 13, 1856; d. Munich, Nov. 17, 1935. After settling in Munich, he built a concert hall and organized the “Kaim-Konzerte” in 1891. Then in 1893 organized an orch., which had such notable permanent conductors as Löwe (1897-98) and Weingartner (1898-1905). With the end of the Kaim Orch. in 1908, the Konzertverein was formed with Löwe as conductor (1908-14); later conductors included Pfitzner (1919-20) and Hausegger (from 1920). When the Konzertverein orch. officially became the Munich Phil, in 1928, Hausegger continued as conductor until 1938, his eminent successors including Rosbaud (1945-48), Kempe (1967-76), Celibidache (1979-96), and Levine (from 1999).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire

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