The Curt Sachs Award 1991
Herbert Heyde
The Board of Governors of the American Musical Instrument Society
designated Herbert Heyde the recipient of the Curt Sachs Award for
the year 1991 in recognition of the eminence and achievements of
Herbert Heyde as research scholar and author and in acknowledgement
of his contributions to the scientific and historical study of musical
instruments through his numerous books, including Trompete und
Trompeteblasen im europäischen Mittelalter; Grundlagen des
natürlichen Systems der Musikinstrumente; Historische Musikinstrumente
im Bachhaus Eisenach; Katalog des Musikinstrumenten-Museums der
Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig (Volumes 1, 3, and 5); Historische
Musikinstrumente des Händelhauses; Musikinstrumentenbau, Kunst-Handwerk-Entwurf;
Das Ventilblasinstrument: Seine Entwicklung im deutschsprachign
Raum von den Anfângen bis zur Gegenwart; and, Historische
Musikinstrumente der Staatlichen Reka-Sammlung am Bezirkmuseum Viadrina
Frankfurt (Oder), which provide invaluable information concerning
the history, construction, and use of musical instruments, and document
several significant German collections.