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Also Known As Theodor Wiesengrund
Born September 11, 1903 • Frankfurt am Main • Germany
Died August 6, 1969 (aged 65) • Switzerland
Notable Works “Dialectic of Enlightenment”
Subjects Of Study music • philosophy of art
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