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Vokabular: Hornbostel-Sachs

The Hornbostel-Sachs system is a classification system for musical instruments.

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Basic information

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(P34)?Naming:	Hornbostel-Sachs
(P1266)?Abbreviation:	—
(P724)?Digest:	The Hornbostel-Sachs classification system is a classification system for musical instruments. It was published in 1914 by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs in the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie under the title Systematik der Musikinstrumente. An attempt. Today it is the most widely used system for categorising musical instruments. The Hornbostel-Sachs classification system has a hierarchical structure. Each category corresponds to a number, with a digit being added at each level of detail, so that the number of digits increases with increasing concretisation. Below the main groups, the first subgroups are shown as a number with two digits, followed by their subgroups with three digits. The numbers are divided into groups of three by dots for better readability.
(P887)?URL:	https://vocabulary.mimo-international.com/HornbostelAndSachs/de/?clang=en
(P121)?Genre classification:	Classification/Taxonomy
(P15)?Medientyp:	Online resource, Electronic publication
(P608)?Field of knowledge:	Music, Musicology, history of technology, material culture, social history
(P936)?Object types:	musical instrument
(P984)?Object type properties:	Material, technique

Number of integrated items

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(P613)?Number of integrated items:	650 Standard designation(s), 2.500 Word/spelling variant(s)

Contact

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(P845)?Creator:	Curt Sachs, Erich Moritz von Hornbostel
(P518)?Technically realized by:	MIMO – Musical Instrument Museums Online
(P206)?Publisher:	MIMO – Musical Instrument Museums Online
(P153)?Postal address:	—
(P722)?Email address:	mailto:norman.rodger@ed.ac.uk

Methodology

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(P280)?Variant:	Data curation, Identification and matching, Standardization
(P575)?Design features:	List of terms with detailed definitions and rules
(P902)?Methodology:	Based on current technical terms (Applies to the majority)
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource, Electronic publication
(P1000)?Organisational structure:	—
(P999)?Sustainability:	The project is supported by a larger community in the medium term
(P942)?Number of hierarchy levels:	9
(P900)?Completeness:	Completeness is the goal, Open for growth, completeness cannot be achieved

Version

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(P18)?Language:	English
(P1152)?Date of first publication:	1914
(P222)?Date of publication:	—
(P939)?Versioning:	No versioning

Cross concordances

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Documentation

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(P382)?Specifications:	—
(P978)?External tutorial:	Does not exist, is not present
(P180)?License:	CC0 1.0 Universal

Provision of data

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(P940)?Technology:	RDF | Resource Description Framework, Skosmos
(P125)?Status of possesio:	Complete download possible, Search results partially visible in online interface, Selective download possible
(P15)?Media type:	Online resource, Electronic publication
(P937)?Referencing method:	Classifying identifier(s)
(P903)?Data format:	JSKOS, PDF | Portable Document Format, SKOS | Simple Knowledge Organization System
(P923)?API endpoint URL:	https://vocabulary.mimo-international.com/HornbostelAndSachs/
(P941)?SPARQL endpoint URL:	—
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(P950)?Cite as:	Erich Moritz von Hornbostel, Curt Sachs, Systematik der Musikinstrumente. Ein Versuch. In: Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, Band 46, Nummer 4–5, 1914, S. 553–590.

Dataset editing

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(P1302)?Dataset editing:	Anne Purschwitz