FOX-STRANGWAYS, Arthur Henry. Norwich, Norfolk 14.9.1859 — Dinton, Wiltshire 2.5.1948. British Musicologist. Son of an officer, Walter Aston Fox-Strangways (1832–1885), and Harriet Elizabeth Bullier. Educated at Wellington College, studies at Balliol College, Oxford. Degree in Classics 1882, then two years at Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. Worked as schoolmaster at…
FELBER, Erwin. Vienna 9.3.1885 — Vienna 27.5.1964. Austrian Musicologist. Son of brewer Wolf Wilhelm Felber (d. 1928) and Johanna Back, a Jewish family. From 1904 studied music and law ar Vienna, Dr.jur. Also Ph.D. in music 1911 Vienna. Worked as music critic and writer. In 1938 emigrated to China, as…
DANIÉLOU, Alain (nom-de-plume Shiva Sharan). Neuilly-sur-Seine (Seine) 4.10.1907 — Lonay, Switzerland 27.1.1994. French Musicologist deeply interested in India. Son of Charles Daniélou (1878–1953), an anticlerical Breton journalist and politician, and Madeleine Clamorgan (1880–1956), an ardent catholic, his brother Jean Daniélou (1905–1974) was a jesuit and cardinal. Educated at Institution de…
BAKE, Arnold Adriaan. Hilversum 19.5.1899 — London 8.10.1963. Dutch Indologist in India and in the U.K. Born in a well-to-do family, son of William Herman Bake (1854–1916) and Johanna Bartha van den Burg (1857?–1932). School at Hilversum and in 1912-18 in Haarlem. He planned to go to Indonesia, and therefore…