Mahler's forgotten conductor
Subtitle: Heinz Unger and his search for Jewish meaning, 1895-1965
By: Herman Tesler-Mabé
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781487531676; 9781487531669
Subjects: Conductors (Music); Biography; Jewish musicians; Jews; Identity; Chefs d'orchestre; Biographies; Juifs; Identité; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Jewish Studies
Description: "The orchestral conductor Heinz Unger (1895-1965) was born in Berlin, Germany and was reared from a young age to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. In 1915, he heard a Munich performance of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth") conducted by Bruno Walter and thereafter devoted the rest of his life to music and particularly to the dissemination of Gustav Mahler's music"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Dedication; title: Contents; title: List of Illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: 1. A Thoroughly German Youth, Early Trips to the Soviet Union, and an Unfortunate Exile; title: 2. European Exodus: USSR, England, Spain, and the World; title: 3. Early Life in Canada and a Return to Germany (1937-1956); title: 4. A Jewish Renaissance: Life in Canada, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Mahler Centenary; title: 5. The Final Years and a Farewell to the World (1961-1965); title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Known Concerts and Performances by Heinz Unger; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index of Composers; title: General Index