

An edition of Vienna (2004)
Jews and the City of Music
By Leon Botstein
Publish Date
July 12, 2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
eng
Pages
239
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.
subjects: Jewish influences, Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Jews, Persecutions, Jewish composers, Yeshiva University, Aryanization, Ethnic relations, Jewish musicians, Civilization, Music, Intellectual life, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), History, Yeshiva University. Museum, Exhibitions, Jews, austria, Music, austrian, Yeshiva University Museum
Places: Austria, Vienna (Austria), Vienna
Times: 20th century, 19th century