Karl Franz Emil von Schafhäutl (16 February 1803 in

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– 25 February 1890 in

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) was a German

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and

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

. He was professor of Geognosy in Munich. He was the author of ''Geognostische Untersuchungen des südbayerischen Alpengebirges'' (1851) and ''Der Gregorianische Choral in seiner Entwicklung'' (1869). He also studied mining and foundry practise.

Works

*''Geognostische Untersuchungen des südbayrischen Alpengebirges'' Munich, 1851 *''Südbayerns Lethae geognostica'' , Lipsia, 1863 *''Die Geologie in ihrem Verhältnis zu den übrigen Naturwissenschaften'' Munich, 1843 *''Die neuesten geologischen Hypothesen und ihr Verhältnis zu den übrigen Naturwissenschaften überhaupt'', 1844 *''Der echte gregorianische Choral in seiner Entwicklung bis zur Kirchenmusik unserer Zeit'' Munich, 1869 *''Ein Spaziergang durch die liturgische Musikgeschichte der katholischen Kirche'' Munich, 1887 *''Abt Georg Joseph Vogler'', 1888 also Hildesheim ; New York : Georg Olms, 1979.

References

*''Wilhelm Ernst, Karl Emil von Schafhäutl (1803–1890). Ein bayerisches Universalgenie des 19. Jahrhunderts'' (Karl Emil von Schafhaeutl (1803–1890). Privately published Ernst, Ingolstadt, 1994
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19th-century German geologists Scientists from the Kingdom of Bavaria People from Ingolstadt 1803 births 1890 deaths 19th-century German musicologists {{Germany-scientist-stub