• Erich Moritz von Hornbostel (25 February 1877 – 28 November 1935) was an Austrian ethnomusicologist and scholar of music. He is remembered for his pioneering...
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    instruments). Among his contributions was the Hornbostel–Sachs system, which he created with Erich von Hornbostel. Born in Berlin, Sachs studied piano, music...
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    (non-skin percussion instruments). This scheme was later taken up by Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs who published an extensive new scheme for classification...
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  • The History of Musical Instruments (1940), devised with Erich von Hornbostel the Hornbostel–Sachs scheme of instrument classification, which was first...
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  • Hornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first...
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  • Hornbostel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chuck Hornbostel (1911–1989), American middle-distance runner Erich Moritz von...
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    instruments), and autophones (non-skin percussion instruments). Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs adopted Mahillon's scheme and published an extensive...
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    This differs from the piano accordion, which has piano-style keys. Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs categorize it as a free reed aerophone in their classification...
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    such as Carl Stumpf, Friederich Schumann, Georg Elias Müller, and Erich von Hornbostel. Later on, in 1903, he gained his PhD from the University of Würzburg...
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    founded by Carl Stumpf, his student Erich M. von Hornbostel, and medical doctor Otto Abraham. Stumpf and Hornbostel studied and preserved these recordings...
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  • Walter Graf Percy Grainger Ida Halpern David G. Hebert Mantle Hood Erich von Hornbostel Leoš Janáček Jean Jenkins Arthur Morris Jones Maud Karpeles Margaret...
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  • John. 1954. Some notes on a theory of African rhythm advanced by Erich von Hornbostel. African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music...
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  • Africa. His studies in Germany (on pre-Gregorian chant under mentor Erich von Hornbostel) were interrupted by the rise of the Nazis in 1933, where he was...
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  • from the Original German by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann Erich M. von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs. The Galpin Society Journal volume 14, March 1961...
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  • 1844) 1930 – Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859) 1935 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877) 1939 – James Naismith...
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    February 19 – Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962) February 25 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935) March 2 – Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess...
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  • imitations of European song, starting the debate on the subject. Erich von Hornbostel concluded that African and European musics were constructed on different...
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  • 20th century and the first great recording star. (d. 1921) 1877 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (d. 1935) 1881 – William Z. Foster...
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  • wheel 73: Using a ribbon 8: Keyboard 9: Using a mechanical drive von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments:...
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    comparative musicology (the predecessor to ethnomusicology) with Erich von Hornbostel. He studied Carnatic theory and gamelan, as well, with leading instructors...
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  • Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-00040-8. von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments:...
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  • – Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, deposed Emperor (b. 1895) November 28 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1877) November 30 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese...
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  • studied at the University of Berlin, studying with Curt Sachs and Erich von Hornbostel, and graduating in 1934. He also played the piano and organ, and...
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  • Arrived 1933 from Poland Otto Erich Deutsch (1883–1967). Arrived 1939, returned to Vienna 1951 Erich von Hornbostel (1877–1935). Arrived 1933 from Austria...
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  • wheel 73: Using a ribbon 8: Keyboard 9: Using a mechanical drive von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments:...
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  • Gayageum Overtone zither Aeolian harp Koto Cymbalum Hammered dulcimer von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments:...
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  • conventional harmony rules. 23-EDO was advocated by ethnomusicologist Erich von Hornbostel in the 1920s, as the result of "a cycle of 'blown' (compressed) fifths"...
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