# Carl Eitz > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carl_Eitz > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carl_Eitz.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eitz > Source revision: 1198277970 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German acoustician and music educator}} thumb|right|Carl Eitz. thumb|right|Memorial in Eisleben. '''Carl Eitz''' (25 June 1848, Wehrstedt, [Halberstadt](/source/Halberstadt){{spaced ndash}}18 April 1924, [Eisleben](/source/Eisleben)) was a German [acoustician](/source/acoustics) and [music educator](/source/music_educator). ==Life== Carl Eitz was the son of a gardener, and showed, in particular areas of math and physics whiz. Under difficult conditions, he became a teacher. From 1870 to 1872 he was organist and teacher in [Dalldorf](/source/Dalldorf), and then work over many years as a teacher at the Second Eisleber public school, where he also worked as a scientist. So he invented the '''Tonwortsystem''' [ton: sound, wort: word] ('''Latonisation'''), which found application in all schools in Germany, and the pure [harmonium](/source/Pump_organ), a reed organ with a mathematically pure sentiment. As acoustician and music educator, he his influence was recognized among scientific figures of his time such as [Max Planck](/source/Max_Planck) and [Hermann von Helmholtz](/source/Hermann_von_Helmholtz). Since 1918, full professor, his achievements in musical acoustics were honored in 1922 by the award of Honorary Doctor of the [University of Kiel](/source/University_of_Kiel). The [Prussian Ministry of Culture](/source/Prussian_Ministry_of_Culture) awarded him an honorary doctorate. ==Honors== In 1948 the town of Eisleben created a memorial stone to commemorate the 100th Birthday of the educators. The Carl Eitz-stone was erected at the foot of Scherbelberges. Also in Eisleben at the Carl Eitz-way at the New Cemetery, on the upper west wall, a bust was placed as a tomb. On the accompanying relief singing children are presented. Above that is the saying, "Rejoice OF LIFE."„Unser Mansfelder Land“. ''Heimatblatt der Kreise Eisleben und Hettstedt''. February 1955. S. 8ff. The Carl Eitz-School in [Pinner](/source/Pinner) is named after the inventor of Tonwortsystem. ==Works== *''Das mathematisch-reine Tonsystem'' [The mathematically pure-tone system], 1891. *''Das Tonwort'', Leipzig 1928. ==Sources== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{DNB-Portal|118681869}} {{in lang|de}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120426050120/http://www.latoni.ch/index.php?tg=oml&file=lt%2Fsystem.html Verein für Tonbewertung nach Carl Eitz] [Association for Tonbewertung after Carl Eitz] {{in lang|de}} {{update-small|date=July 2012}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eitz, Carl}} Category:German music educators Category:People from Eisleben Category:People from Halberstadt Category:1848 births Category:1924 deaths {{Germany-music-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Carl Eitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eitz) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eitz?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.