Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (October 6, 1873 – October 30, 1928) was a U.S. librarian , editor , and musicologist .
4-568: The Musical Quarterly is the oldest academic journal on music in America. Originally established in 1915 by Oscar Sonneck , the journal was edited by Sonneck until his death in 1928. Sonneck was succeeded by a number of editors, including Carl Engel (1930–1944), Gustave Reese (1944–45), Paul Henry Lang (1945–1973), Joan Peyser (1977–1984), and Eric Salzman (1984–1991). Since 1993, The Musical Quarterly has been edited by Leon Botstein , president of Bard College and principal conductor of
8-668: The American Symphony Orchestra . Originally published by G. Schirmer, Inc. , it is now published by Oxford University Press . This article about a journal on music is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about academic journals . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Oscar Sonneck Sonneck was born in Jersey City . He studied philosophy and musicology in Germany at
12-523: The universities of Heidelberg and Munich . From 1902 to 1917, he was head of the music division of the Library of Congress , and as such created a significant music library. Since 1915, he was also editor of The Musical Quarterly . As a writer, he specialized in the history of early (before the 19th century) American music. He died in New York City , aged 55. The Society for American Music
16-401: Was created in his honor, and initially named after him. As a writer, he specialized in the history of American music, and his publications laid the foundation for the scholarly study of music in the U.S. Sonneck understood how important a bibliographical basis was for making musical studies. As a documentary historian, bibliographer, cataloguer, editor and critic, Oscar Sonneck is recognized as
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