Vienna
Subtitle: Jews and the City of Music
Contributors: Leon Botstein (Editor); Werner Hanak (Editor)
Edition: Pap/Com edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781931493277
Subjects: 20th century music; Music; Music/Songbooks; Europe - Austria & Hungary; Genres & Styles - Classical; History & Criticism - General; Jewish Studies; 19th century; Austria; Exhibitions; History; Jewish composers; Jewish musicians; Jews; Vienna
Description: "This exhibition catalogue guides the visitor into Vienna, the city of music. The essays collected here seek to shed light on the role of the Jewish populations and the fin-de-siecle conflict between the avant-garde and the reactionaries and to show that contrary to traditional notions, Jews not always were to be found in the modernist camp. They also tell of the axis Vienna - Berlin during the interwar years and illuminate the Jewish-Austrian musical symbiosis, which in the end would turn out to have been no more than a dream: quasi una fantasia. We furthermore document the expulsion and murder of Jewish musicians between 1938 and 1945 and their work in exile. A critical look at Vienna after 1945 concludes the volume."--BOOK JACKET.