Vienna: Jews and the city of music 1870 - 1938. Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History, New York, 8 February - 30 June 2004

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