About Adolf Sandberger
Lived 1864 – 1943 (aged 78). Adolf Sandberger was a composer, musicologist, music historian, university teacher and librarian.
Adolf Wilhelm August Sandberger (19 December 1864 in Würzburg – 14 January 1943 in Munich) was a German musicologist and composer, with a particular interest in 16th-century music. He founded the School of Musicology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where he worked as a professor of musicology from 1904 to his retirement in 1930.
He was the son of Karl Ludwig Fridolin von Sandberger.
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Who was Adolf Sandberger?
German musicologist and composer (1864-1943)
When was Adolf Sandberger born?
Adolf Sandberger was born on 19 December 1864 in Würzburg.
When did Adolf Sandberger die?
Adolf Sandberger died on 14 January 1943 in Munich.
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Adolf Sandberger was a composer, musicologist, music historian, university teacher and librarian.
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Adolf Sandberger's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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