Klaus Wachsmann

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Klaus Wachsmann (b. Germany, 1907; d. England, July 17, 1984) was a British ethnomusicologist of German birth. He is considered a pioneer in the study of the traditional musics of Africa. He lived in Uganda from 1937 to 1957 and compiled an extensive collection of field recordings there between 1949 and 1952.

Wachsmann moved to California in 1963 and served as Professor of Music at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1963 to 1968.