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== Personal life==
[[File:Theodor Helm and Daughter Mathilda in Salzburg Austria.jpg|thumb|Theodor Helm and Daughter Mathilda in Salzburg, Austria around 1910]]
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. Theodor's mother died when he was 15, leaving Theodor in the care of Julius's uncle, General-Auditor Friedrich Drahtschmidt v. Märentheim, 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>
While in school Helm became friends with a classmate Richard Müller whose father was Karl Müller (1813–1868), a prominent music critic from "nobility". The elder Müller was largely responsible for introducing young Theodor to Vienna's musical events and salons. Upon Karl Müller's death, Helm replaced Müller as music critic for ''Neues Fremdenblatt''. <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>
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