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Theodor Otto Helm was born April 9, 1843 in Vienna Austria. His parents Dr. Julius Helm (1813–1844) and Julie Freiin von Forstern had married a year earlier, in 1842. Theodor was their only child. Julius Helm died when Theodor was only one year old. His mother remarried Karl Müller (1813–1868), a prominent music critic from "nobility", who was largely responsible for introducing young Theodor to Vienna's musical events and salons. Theodor's mother died when he was 15, leaving Theodor in the care of Julius's uncle, Friedrich Drathschmidt v. Marentheim, who was friends of Robert and Clara Schumann.<ref name=Schonherr>''Helm, Theodor: Fünfzig Jahre Wiener Musikleben (1866–1916). Erinnerungen eines Musikkritikers''. Hrsg. v. Max Schönherr. – Wien 1977. XXXIII, 341, Darin das Schaffen Anton Bruckners.</ref>