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Sonneck, O. G. (Oscar George), 1873-1928

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Personal name headingSonneck, O. G. (Oscar George), 1873-1928
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Variant(s)Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore, 1873-1928
Sonneck, Oscar, 1873-1928
Sonneck, Oscar G. T. (Oscar George Theodore), 1873-1928
Associated placeFrankfurt am Main (Germany) Heidelberg (Germany) Munich (Germany) Sondershausen (Germany)
LocatedWashington (D.C.)
Birth date1873-10-06
Death date1928-10-30
Place of birthJersey City (N.J.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityMusicology Library science Composition (Music)
AffiliationLibrary of Congress. Music Division
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Profession or occupationMusicologists Music librarians Composers
Found inHis Was Richard Wagner a Jew? 1912: t.p. (O.G. Sonneck)
His A bibliography of early secular American music, 1945: t.p. (Oscar George Theodore Sonneck)
His Oscar Sonneck and American music, 1983: CIP t.p. (Oscar Sonneck)
New Grove, 2nd ed. (Sonneck, Oscar G(eorge) T(heodore); b. Oct. 6, 1873, Lafayette (now part of Jersey City), NJ, d. Oct. 30, 1928, New York; American musicologist, librarian, editor and composer)
OCLC, August 4, 2014 (access points: Sonneck, Oscar George Thedore, 1873-1928; Sonneck, O. G., 1873-1928; Sonneck, Oscar G. T.; other variations with and without dates; usage: O.G. Sonneck [predominant]; Oscar George Theodore Sonneck; Oscar G.T. Sonneck)
Grove Music Online, August 4, 2014 (Sonneck, Oscar G(eorge) T(heodore); b. Oct. 6, 1873, Lafayette (now part of Jersey City), NJ, d. Oct. 30, 1928, New York; American musicologist, librarian, editor and composer; sent to Germany as a boy to study; studies in piano, philosophy, and musicology in Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Munich, and Sondershausen; returned to the U.S. in 1899; in 1902, appointed to be head of the Music Division at the Library of Congress; left in 1917 and became director of the publication department at G. Schirmer, and then vice-president of the firm in 1921)