Editing Curt Sachs (section)

{{short description|German-Ashkenazi Jewish musicologist (1881–1959)}}
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{{infobox academic
| name        = Curt Sachs
| image       = Curt Sachs.jpg
| caption     = Sachs in 1935
| birth_place = Berlin, [[German Empire]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1881|06|29}}
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1959|02|05|1881|06|29}}
| death_place = New York, New York, US
| education   = [[Französisches Gymnasium Berlin|Französisches Gymnasium]]
| alma_mater  = [[Berlin University]]
| discipline  = [[Organology]]
| workplaces  = {{plainlist|
* [[State Institute for Music Research|Staatliche Instrumentensammlung]]
* [[New York University]]
}}
| notable_works = {{plainlist|
* "Systematik der Musikinstrumente" (1914)
* ''The History of Musical Instruments'' (1940)
}}
}}
'''Curt Sachs''' ({{IPA|de|zaks|lang}}; 29 June 1881 – 5 February 1959) was a German [[musicology|musicologist]]. He was one of the founders of modern [[organology]] (the study of [[musical instrument]]s). Among his contributions was the [[Hornbostel–Sachs]] system, which he created with [[Erich von Hornbostel]].