Erich Moritz von Hornbostel (25 February 1877 – 28 November 1935) was an Austrian ethnomusicologist and scholar of music. He is remembered for his pioneering...

instruments). Among his contributions was the Hornbostel–Sachs system, which he created with Erich von Hornbostel. Born in Berlin, Sachs studied piano, music...

Hornbostel–Sachs or Sachs–Hornbostel is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first...

The History of Musical Instruments (1940), devised with Erich von Hornbostel the Hornbostel–Sachs scheme of instrument classification, which was first...

(non-skin percussion instruments). This scheme was later taken up by Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs who published an extensive new scheme for classification...

Hornbostel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chuck Hornbostel (1911–1989), American middle-distance runner Erich Moritz von...

instruments), and autophones (non-skin percussion instruments). Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs adopted Mahillon's scheme and published an extensive...

This differs from the piano accordion, which has piano-style keys. Erich von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs categorize it as a free reed aerophone in their classification...

wheel 73: Using a ribbon 8: Keyboard 9: Using a mechanical drive von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments:...

John. 1954. Some notes on a theory of African rhythm advanced by Erich von Hornbostel. African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music...