Curt Sachs (German: [zaks]; 29 June 1881 – 5 February 1959) was a German musicologist. He was one of the founders of modern organology (the study of musical...

string per course—double-strings came later), tuned in successive fourths. Curt Sachs said they were called (from lowest to highest pitch) bamm, maṭlaṭ, maṭnā...

Hornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first...

Alexander Sachs (1893-1973), American economist Andrew Sachs (1930–2016), German-British actor Bernard Sachs (1858–1944), American neurologist Curt Sachs (also...

in 1905. It was during his time there that he worked with Curt Sachs to produce the Sachs–Hornbostel system of musical instrument classification (published...

Hornbostel–Sachs scheme of instrument classification, which was first published in 1914 in the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie(Hornbostel–Sachs). This system...

the bamboo chi is the oldest documented transverse flute. Musicologist Curt Sachs called the cross flute (Sanskrit: vāṃśī) "the outstanding wind instrument...

2021. Sachs 1940, p. 207 Sachs 1940, p. 218 Sachs 1940, p. 216 Sachs 1940, p. 221 Sachs 1940, p. 222 Sachs 1940, pp. 222–228 Sachs 1940, p. 229 Sachs 1940...

Hornbostel–Sachs number See also: List of percussion instruments List of membranophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number List of chordophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number...

piano accordion, which has piano-style keys. Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs categorize it as a free reed aerophone in their classification of instruments...

celestial bodies. Hornbostel–Sachs is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first published...

and translation in Sachs, Curt (1963). World History of the Dance. New York: W. W. Norton. p. 284. ISBN 0-393-00209-8. Curt Sachs (1963) World History...

covered with skin, and strings tied to the neck and instrument's bottom. Curt Sachs, a musical historian, placed the earliest lutes at about 2000 BC in his...

Sorrell. A Guide to the Gamelan. London: Faber and Faber, 1990. Pp. 97–98. Sachs, Curt (1940). The History of Musical Instruments. New York: W. W. Norton &...

instrument, or violin family instruments) is referred to as a luthier. Curt Sachs defined lute in the terminology section of The History of Musical Instruments...

and supplement, plate IX. Sachs 1913, 142. Lasocki 2001a. Praetorius 1619a, 13, 21, 34. Hunt 1988, 143. Lasocki 2001b. Sachs 1913, 50. Thalheimer 1990...

was "the outstanding wind instrument of ancient India," according to Curt Sachs. He said that religious artwork depicting "celestial music" instruments...

closely resembles the tar, both in tuning and playing style. According to Curt Sachs, Persians chose to name their lutes around the word tar, meaning string...

examples are the musical saw and the nail violin. According to musicologist Curt Sachs: ... It is essential to distinguish between rubbing and scraping. The...

occurs. A ladder of thirds (coined by van der Merwe 1989, adapted from Curt Sachs) is similar to the circle of fifths, though a ladder of thirds differs...

Rattles are described in the Hornbostel–Sachs system as Shaken Idiophones or Rattles (112.1). According to Sachs, SHAKEN IDIOPHONES are rattles (not to...

it was played fast with spoon-shaped sticks. According to musicologist Curt Sachs, Gusikov performed in garden concerts, variety shows, and as a novelty...

ISBN 9780415974394. Curt Sachs (1937). World History of the Dance, translated by Bessie Schönberg. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. p 323. Curt Sachs (1937)....

Northern European Bronze Age lur) are attributed to the natural horns, while Curt Sachs (1930) suspected the origin of today's trumpets and trombones to be the...

prize in 1780 from the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg. According to Curt Sachs, Kratzenstein suggested that the instrument be made, but that the first...

tempo and its interpretation can differ between cultures, as shown by Curt Sachs when comparing Tunisian with Western Classical melodies, while certain...

ancestor to the chordophone: the lute, lyre, harp, and zither family. Curt Sachs said that there was good reason not to consider hunters' bows as likely...

Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus The History of Musical Instruments, Curt Sachs, 1940 Based on archaeological remains found at Pompeii Howard, Albert...

ukulele players Stringed instrument tunings Erich M. von Hornbostel & Curt Sachs, "Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from the Original...

Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-00040-8. von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from...