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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.
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
