Karl Geiringer (1899-1989) was an Austrian-American musicologist, prolific author and Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Original review of Instruments in the History of Western Music: ‘…a work of reference without parallel in the English language…Indeed, one is left with a doubt which to admire more, the extent of Dr. Geiringer’s learning or the sense of proportion which controls it.’ Times Literary Supplement.