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Otto Erich Deutsch

Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar (died 1967)

Born
September 5, 1883
Died
November 23, 1967
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1883

About Otto Erich Deutsch

Otto Erich Deutsch was an Austrian musicologist. He is known for compiling the first comprehensive catalogue of Franz Schubert's compositions, first published in 1951 in English, with a revised edition published in 1978 in German. It is from this catalogue that the D numbers used to identify Schubert's works derive. He was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class in 1959.

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Otto Erich Deutsch timeline

  1. He is known for compiling the first comprehensive catalogue of Franz Schubert's compositions, first published in 1951 in English, with a revised edition published in 1978 in German.
  2. He was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class in 1959.

The world when Otto Erich Deutsch was born

Otto Erich Deutsch was born in 1883. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
  • Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Otto Erich Deutsch's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18832026
Population52.8M341 million

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