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Curt Sachs

1881 - 1959

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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 instruments). Among his contributions was the Hornbostel–Sachs system, which he created with Erich von Hornbostel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Curt Sachs is the 667th most popular composer (down from 520th in 2019), the 2,697th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,045th in 2019) and the 104th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Curt Sachs ranks 667 out of 1,451. Before him are Agustín Lara, Charles Lecocq, Georg Joseph Vogler, Stevan Mokranjac, Paul Wranitzky, and Jean-François Dandrieu. After him are Wilhelm Kienzl, Elfrida Andrée, François-Joseph Fétis, Sergei Lyapunov, Myroslav Skoryk, and Antônio Carlos Gomes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Curt Sachs ranks 99. Before him are Valery Larbaud, Wilhelm Worringer, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Israel Zolli, Richard C. Tolman, and Princess Xenia of Montenegro. After him are Ernst Fast, Adolf Hühnlein, Pablo Gargallo, André Salmon, Vera Weizmann, and Rauf Orbay. Among people deceased in 1959, Curt Sachs ranks 74. Before him are Victor McLaglen, Benjamin Péret, Kathryn Adams, Werner Krauss, Adolf Ziegler, and Maxie Long. After him are Carl Switzer, Ernst Fast, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Luigi Sturzo, Erhard Schmidt, and Kenneth Anderson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Curt Sachs ranks 2,698 out of 7,253. Before him are Marie Eleonore of Cleves (1550), Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1685), Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772), Adolf Bertram (1859), Konrad Peutinger (1465), and Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522). After him are Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890), Infanta Maria das Neves of Portugal (1852), Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834), Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp (1569), Claude Dornier (1884), and Herman I of Baden (1040).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Curt Sachs ranks 104. Before him are Johann Caspar Kerll (1627), Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720), Hermann Levi (1839), Herms Niel (1888), Anton Walter (1752), and Georg Joseph Vogler (1749). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Tielman Susato (1500), Norbert Burgmüller (1810), Paul Ben-Haim (1897), Robert Volkmann (1815), and Nannette Streicher (1769).

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