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Tona Scherchen

Swiss composer
Person human Q7820715

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[7]
Date of birth
March 12, 1938
Place of birth
Neuchâtel
Country of citizenship
Switzerland, France[5][6]
Occupation
composer
Father
Hermann Scherchen[4]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[10]
Family name
Scherchen[8]
Given name
Tona[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tona Scherchen da Tona Scherchen-Hsiao
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000025461365
VIAF cluster ID
64202491
Library of Congress authority ID
n79117037
GND ID
124628052
AllMusic artist ID
mn0001674252
BRAHMS artist ID
tona-scherchen
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
140037111
CDMC musician ID
scherchen-tona-1938
DDB person (GND) ID
124628052
DUC ID
tona-scherchen
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
124628052
Discogs artist ID
1321199
Show all 29 identifiers +17
Europeana entity
agent/base/10103
FAST ID
43917
Freebase ID
/m/02qd2f4
Grove Music Online ID
24808
MusicBrainz artist ID
b677737c-dbf8-40a9-86d1-cff71ea5109b
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000279750
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007411811305171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5211820
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
288680111
Prabook ID
1792273
Présence Compositrices composer ID
scherchen-tona
Rate Your Music artist ID
%E8%90%A7%E6%A1%90
SACEM Museum artist ID
28181
SNAC ARK ID
w6jq1jkn
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
8042
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpV7rp8Rkjq7CdfRWJ7HC
Yale LUX ID
person/683ced61-942a-4882-babe-bb3c46107146

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György Ligeti, Hans Werner Henze
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Hermann Scherchen
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Summary

Tona Scherchen was born on March 12, 1938[1], in Neuchâtel[2]. She has worked as a composer[3].

FAQs

Where was Tona Scherchen born?

Tona Scherchen's place of birth was Neuchâtel[2].

Who were Tona Scherchen's parents?

Tona Scherchen's father was Hermann Scherchen[4].

What did Tona Scherchen do for work?

Tona Scherchen worked as a composer[3].

Related Entities

György Ligeti Hans Werner Henze

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Présence Compositrices. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . B.R.A.H.M.S.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Father → Hermann Scherchen
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/64326|batch #64326]]: import father (P22) from GND"
  2. 15w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → French
    FAST ID → 43917
    Grove Music Online ID → 24808
    Family name → Scherchen
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43073|batch #43073]]: substitute P214 reference with P227 reference (2)"
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