Robert Lachmann
German ethnomusicologist and orientalist persecuted by Nazis because of Jewish heritage (1892-1939) · Musicians · Died at 46
Robert Lachmann was a German ethnomusicologist, polyglot, orientalist and librarian. He was an expert in the musical traditions of the Middle East, a member of the Berlin School of Comparative Musicology and one of its founding fathers.
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About this person
After having been forced to leave Germany under the Nazis in 1935 because of his Jewish background, he emigrated to Palestine and established a rich archive of ethnomusicological recordings for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
