Composers of classical music of Jewish descent / Lewis Stevens ; foreword by Julia Neuberger.
| Author/creator |
Stevens, Lewis, 1937- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2003. |
| Description | xxiii, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Part I. Historical surveys and analysis. Musical developments in Jewish communities from biblical times until the end of the eighteenth century. Music up until Roman times ; Music in the middle ages ; Music from the Renaissance until the end of the eighteenth century -- Composers of Jewish descent from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present day. Jewish demography: 1800 to the present day ; The changing political map of Europe ; Civil rights and Jews ; The Jewish enlightenment (Haskalah) and its spread throughout Europe ; The emergence of composers of Jewish descent in nineteenth-century Europe ; Composer of Jewish descent of twentieth-century music ; Seizing opportunities: film composers -- Accounting for the preponderance of composers of Jewish descent in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Definition of a Jew ; The question of a Jewish race ; Musical aptitude: nature or nurture? ; An examination of the composers listed in part II ; The importance of culture and cultural evolution ; How are composers of Jewish descent perceived from without? ; Israeli composers: 'reverse assimilation' -- Jewish consciousness. Assimilation, conversion and baptism ; Change of surname ; Anti-Semitism and Jewish identity ; Composition and Jewish identity -- Part II. Biographical sketches of composers -- Appendix. Lexicon dur Juden in der Music / Theophil Stengel and Herbert Gerigk. |
| Abstract | This book describes, and attempts to assess and explain the relative preponderance of composers of Jewish descent, particularly during the last two hundred years. The first part of the book includes two chapters giving a brief history of composers of Jewish descent from biblical times to the present day. The second, and larger part of the book contains bibliographical sketches of over 250 composers of Jewish descent; some are well known as composers, for example, Mendelssohn, Mahler, Schoenberg, Copland and Gershwin, others are better known as performers or conductors, for example, Klemperer, Schnabel, and yet others are often not generally identified as of Jewish descent, for example, Finzi. Each composer entry has a brief bibliography. The book is intended for anyone with an interest in classical music and Judaism. It contains an extensive glossary of Hebrew and musical terms. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003041172 |
| ISBN | 0853034826 (cloth) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML390 .S825 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |