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Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (died 1935)

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Erich von Hornbostel

German-Ashkenazi Jewish musicologist (1877-1935)

Erich Moritz von Hornbostel was an Austrian ethnomusicologist, comparative musicologist, and scholar of music. He is remembered for his pioneering work in the field of ethnomusicology, and for the Sachs–Hornbostel system of musical instrument classification which he co-authored…
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February 25

Day of the year

February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 309 days remain until the end of the year.
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