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KINKELDI (Kinkeldey) Otto (27 XI 1878, New York - 19 IX 1966, ibid.) - American musicologist. He graduated in 1898 mountains. College, in 1900 - University of New York, where in 1898-1902 he worked as a school teacher, organist and choirmaster. At the same time in 1900-02 he studied music by hand. E. McDowell. Since 1903 he lived in Germany, was an organist Amer. church in Berlin, cultivated in org. played by A. Egidi, on the history of music he studied with G. Kretschmar, A. Friedlander, I. Wolf and K. Stumpf. With con. 1909 librarian, teacher King. Institute Church. singing, with con. 1910 professor at the University of Breslavl. In 1914 he returned to the United States, where in 1915-23 and later led the muses. New York Public Library Division; in 1923-27 he was a professor at Cornell University, in which in 1930-46 he headed the first department of music history in the USA. In 1934 founded Amer. musicologist. society (in 1934-36 and 1940-42 chairman). K. is one of the founders of the Amer. musicology specialist in the field of muses. Renaissance art. His chap. scientific research - “Organ and clavier in 16th century music”, for which in 1909 he was awarded a doctorate.