About Edgar Stahmer
Lived 1911 – 1996 (aged 84–85). Edgar Stahmer was a music educator, musical instrument maker, musicologist and music teacher.
Edgar Stahmer (1911–1996) was a German music educator, most known for popularising the bowed psaltery , which he developed in the 1930s for music education in German schools. The instrument had earlier been patented by Clemens Neuber in 1925.
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Who was Edgar Stahmer?
German music educator
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Edgar Stahmer was born in 1911.
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Edgar Stahmer died in 1996.
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Edgar Stahmer was a music educator, musical instrument maker, musicologist and music teacher.
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