Albrecht, Otto Edwin
Albrecht, Otto Edwin
Albrecht, Otto Edwin, eminent American musicologist; b. Philadelphia, July 8, 1899; d. there, July 6, 1984. He studied at the Univ. of Pa. (A.B., 1921; M.A., 1925; Ph.D., 1931, with the diss. Four Latin Plays of St. Nicholas from the 12th Century Fleury Play-book; publ. in Philadelphia and London, 1935), where he was an instructor in French (1923–38) and curator of its Music Library (from 1937); from 1938 he was also a lecturer in its music dept. He retired in 1970 and was made emeritus prof. of music.
Writings
A Census of Autograph Music Manuscripts of European Composers in American Libraries (Philadelphia, 1953); The Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (N.Y., 1970).
Bibliography
J. Hill, ed., Studies in Musicology in Honor of O. E. A. (Kassel, 1977; Clifton, N.J., 1980).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire