Alfred Mann (musicologist)
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BornApril 28, 1917
DiedSeptember 21, 2006 (aged 89)
AlmamaterBerlin Academy of Music
OccupationsMusicologist, writer
Alfred Mann | |
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| Born | April 28, 1917 |
| Died | September 21, 2006 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | Berlin Academy of Music |
| Occupations | Musicologist, writer |
| Known for | Translation[1][2][3][4] of Gradus ad Parnassum by Johann Fux |
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Alfred Mann (April 28, 1917 – September 21, 2006), was an American musicologist who specialized in the history of Western musical theory. He was a professor of Musicology[5] at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. His parents were the portrait painter Wilhelm Mann and the well-known harpsichordist and musicologist Edith Weiss-Mann.
