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Adorno</bdi></a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_Identifier"><abbr title="MusicBrainz Identifier">MBID</abbr></a>:</th><td><code>b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167</code></td></tr><tr><th>Last updated:</th><td>2020-06-01 00:24 UTC</td></tr><tr><th>Permanent link:</th><td><a href="https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167">https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_API">XML</a>:</th><td><a href="https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167?inc=aliases">https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167?inc=aliases</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_API">JSON</a>:</th><td><a href="https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167?inc=aliases&fmt=json">https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167?inc=aliases&fmt=json</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="sidebar"><script type="application/json">{"cachedImage":null,"entity":{"entityType":"artist","gid":"b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167"}}</script><div class="commons-image"></div><h2 class="artist-information">Artist information</h2><dl class="properties"><dt>Sort name:</dt><dd class="sort-name">Adorno, Theodor W.</dd><dt>Type:</dt><dd class="type">Person</dd><dt>Gender:</dt><dd class="gender">Male</dd><dt>Born:</dt><dd class="begin-date">1903-09-11</dd><dt>Born in:</dt><dd class="begin_area"><a href="/area/16560d3e-358b-4869-8a6d-727db2ee7b69"><bdi>Frankfurt am Main</bdi></a>, <a href="/area/1b761636-6166-4dec-af7f-48c506f4e24d"><bdi>Hessen</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-DE"><a href="/area/85752fda-13c4-31a3-bee5-0e5cb1f51dad"><bdi>Germany</bdi></a></span></dd><dt>Died:</dt><dd class="end-date">1969-08-06<!-- --> (aged 65)</dd><dt>Died in:</dt><dd class="end_area"><a href="/area/77bcb88a-d56b-4051-aa18-f5e133f03f40"><bdi>Visp</bdi></a>, <a href="/area/e1384603-3a9e-4427-ac2d-4b8473e8e32c"><bdi>Valais</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-CH"><a href="/area/1333ff06-8e3d-3c8e-9f3a-13a2a38b41df"><bdi>Switzerland</bdi></a></span></dd><dt>Area:</dt><dd class="area"><span class="flag flag-DE"><a href="/area/85752fda-13c4-31a3-bee5-0e5cb1f51dad"><bdi>Germany</bdi></a></span></dd><dt>ISNI code:</dt><dd class="isni-code"><a href="http://www.isni.org/0000000446361477">0000 0004 4636 1477</a></dd></dl><h2 class="rating">Rating</h2><p><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></p><div id="sidebar-tags"><h2>Tags</h2><h3>Genres</h3><div class="genre-list"><p>(none)</p></div><h3>Other tags</h3><div id="sidebar-tag-list"><p>(none)</p></div><p><a href="/artist/b2d80fb6-a565-421a-a04c-ebb3bc0c3167/tags" title="Adorno, Theodor W."><bdi>See all tags</bdi></a></p></div><h2 class="external-links">External links</h2><ul class="external_links"><li class="bookbrainz-favicon"><a href="https://bookbrainz.org/author/1abec99b-aa8f-44c1-8358-35d5f2c771d6">BookBrainz</a></li><li class="discogs-favicon"><a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/599746">Discogs</a></li><li class="wikipedia-favicon"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_W._Adorno">en: Theodor W. 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