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Curt Sachs
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Curt Sachs was a German-born musicologist, composer, and university teacher who held a doctorate. He was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he also taught, and later worked at Columbia University and New York University. A student of Leo Schrattenholz, Sachs wrote in German and worked within the fields of classical music and music theory.
His notable works include *Storia della danza*, *Die Musik der Antike*, and *Die Musikinstrumente Birmas und Assams im K. Ethnographischen Museum zu München*. He also authored *Das klavier* and *Histoire de la danse*. Sachs was born in Berlin on 29 June 1881 and died in New York City on 5 February 1959. He held citizenship in both Germany and the United States.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony's link graph records 113 inbound references to Curt Sachs, and connects out to Hornbostel–Sachs, Erich von Hornbostel and Paris.
It is catalogued under topics including 1881 births, 1959 deaths and 20th-century American anthropologists.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 29 June 1881
- Died
- 5 February 1959
- Works
- 59
Top works
- Storia della danza
- Das klavier /c von Curt Sachs ; mit 16 tafeln und 10 textabbildungen
- Die Musik der Antike
- Die Musikinstrumente Birmas und Assams im K. Ethnographischen Museum zu München
- Histoire de la danse
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1881
- Active to
- 1959
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 3
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Curt+Sachs">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- art historian
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Student of
- Leo Schrattenholz
- Field of work
- musicologist
- Genre
- classical music
- Image
- Curt Sachs.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1881-06-29
- date of death
- 1959-02-05
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- name in native language
- Curt Sachs
- Commons category
- Curt Sachs
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Curt Sachs, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
