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Wachsmann, Klaus, 1907-1984

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Personal name headingWachsmann, Klaus, 1907-1984
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Variant(s)Wachsmann, K. P., 1907-1984
Wachsann, K. P., 1907-1984
Wachsmann, Klaus Philipp, 1907-1984
Associated countryGermany England Uganda United States
Birth date1907
Death date1984
Place of birthBerlin (Germany)
Field of activityEthnomusicology Linguistics Music--Africa Art, African
AffiliationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Linguistics Department
Profession or occupationEthnomusicologists Linguists
Found inAuthor's Untersuchungen zum vorgregorianischen gesang, 1935.
Sekintu, C.M. Wall patterns in Hima huts, 1956: t.p. (K.P. Wachsmann)
Ethnomusicology, 1993: p. ii (Klaus P. Wachsmann, 1907-1984)
Tribal crafts of Uganda, 1953: t.p. (K.P. Wachsmann)
BL Web OPAC, Mar. 26, 2004 (Wachsmann, Klaus Philipp)
Wall patterns in Hima huts, 2011: t.p. (K.P. Wachsann)
Expanding horizons in African studies, 1969: page 131 (Klaus Wachsmann; contribution: Ethnomusicology in African studies) page 364 (professor of linguistics at Northwestern University; member of the faculty of the Program of African Studies)
Wikipedia, Feb. 6, 2017 (Klaus Philipp Wachsmann; born 8 March 1907 in Berlin; died 17 July 1984 in England; British ethnomusicologist of German birth, considered a pioneer in traditional musics of Africa; he lived in Uganda 1937-1957, compiled an extensive collection of field recordings thre 1949-1952, deposited at the British Library; moved to California in 1963, professor of music at the University of California, Los Angeles, 1963-1968)
Associated languageger eng
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