Carl Engel

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For the architect, see Carl Ludvig Engel.

Carl Engel (July 21, 1883 – May 6, 1944) was a French-born American pianist, musicologist and publisher from Paris. He was also a writer on music for The Musical Quarterly, and chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress.

[edit] Works

• "Alla breve, from Bach to Debussy" (New York: G. Schirmer, 1921) ISBN 0-8369-1919-X — short biographies of great composers

[edit] References

• Bauer, Harold (July 1944). "Carl Engel July 21, 1883--May 6, 1944". The Musical Quarterly 30 (3): 249-254. ISSN 0027-4631.