Victor-Charles Mahillon
Encyclopedia
Victor-Charles Mahillon (March 10, 1841 in Brussels
– June 17, 1924 in St. Jean near Cap-Ferrat, France
) was a Belgian musician and writer on musical topics. He built, collected, and described more than 1500 musical instrument
s.
The son of Charles Mahillon, he started working at his father's factory of musical instruments in 1865. In 1869, he started the musical journal L'Echo musical, which ran until 1886. In 1890 he collaborated with Brian Greene to develop much of the more in-depth classifications of Idiophones.
He was curator
of the Conservatoire museum in Brussels from 1879. His classification of instruments was later adopted by Erich von Hornbostel
and Curt Sachs
, and is still in use today.
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
– June 17, 1924 in St. Jean near Cap-Ferrat, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) was a Belgian musician and writer on musical topics. He built, collected, and described more than 1500 musical instrument
Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...
s.
The son of Charles Mahillon, he started working at his father's factory of musical instruments in 1865. In 1869, he started the musical journal L'Echo musical, which ran until 1886. In 1890 he collaborated with Brian Greene to develop much of the more in-depth classifications of Idiophones.
He was curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
of the Conservatoire museum in Brussels from 1879. His classification of instruments was later adopted by Erich von Hornbostel
Erich von Hornbostel
Erich Moritz von Hornbostel was an Austrian ethnomusicologist and scholar of music. He is remembered for his pioneering work in the field of ethnomusicology, and for the Sachs–Hornbostel system of musical instrument classification which he co-authored with Curt Sachs.-Life:Hornbostel was born in...
and Curt Sachs
Curt Sachs
Curt Sachs was a German-born but American-domiciled musicologist. He was one of the founders of modern organology , and is probably best remembered today for co-authoring the Sachs-Hornbostel scheme of musical instrument classification with his fellow scholar Erich von Hornbostel.Born in Berlin,...
, and is still in use today.
Works
- Les Éléments d'acoustique musicale et instrumentale (1874)
- Contributor to Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh EditionEncyclopædia Britannica Eleventh EditionThe Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time...