LA conference:POLISH/JEWISH MUSIC

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From:   Maria Anna Harley, INTERNET:maharley (at) almaak(dot)usc(dot)edu
DATE:   06-10-98 11:45
RE:     POLISH / JEWISH / MUSIC! INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (PROGRAM, long)

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        P O L I S H  / J E W I S H  /  M U S I C !

    I N T E R N A T I O N A L   C O N F E R E N C E 

            November 15-16, 1998, Los Angeles
        
   School of Music, University of Southern California 

http:www.usc.edu/go/polish_music/news/events/pjconf.html

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        D E S C R I P T I O N:
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This conference, the first of its kind, attempts to fill some of the larger
gaps in Polish music history by (1) highlighting the richness of
achievements of Polish composers of Jewish descent and Jewish music in
Poland and by (2) emphasizing the complexity of cultural relationships
betweent the two ethnic groups, including both assimilation and
coexistence. Invited scholars will discuss the lives and music of
individual composers (Rosenthal, Friedman, Godowsky, Tansman, Fitelberg,
Rathaus, Koffler, Ryterband, Vars), groups of musicians (klezmer) and
communities. Several subjects will be presented for the first time (or for
the first time in North America); the conference will include lectures,
lecture-recitals and panel discussions. Scholars from four countries will
discuss music composed in and performed over the past 200 years. Two
concerts will present rarely-heard solo and chamber music of Tansman,
Koffler, Friedman, Rosenthal and others. The conference will end with a
roundtable discussion focused on the issue of national and ethnic identity.
It is hoped that by outlining this new subject area the conference will
serve to further the Polish - Jewish dialogue as well as highlight the role
of this particular community of musicians for the world. 


        T H E M A T I C   A R E A S:
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Polish Composers of Jewish Descent * Assimilation and Identity * Emigration
and Transnationalism * Ignacy Friedman * Grzegorz Fitelberg * Leopold
Godowsky * Jozef Koffler * Szymon Laks * Karol Rathaus * Maurycy Rosenthal
*  Roman Ryterband * Maria Szymanowska *  Aleksander Tansman *  Henry Vars
* Jewish Music in Poland *  Polish Roots of Klezmer Music *  Jewish Salons
* Great Music by Great Virtuosi * Tradition and Avant-garde


        C O - S P O N S O R S: 
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* Hebrew Union College -- Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles; 
* The Ministry of Arts and Culture of the Republic of Poland; 
* Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles; 
* Ars Musica Poloniae Foundation, Los Angeles; 
* Jewish Community Foundation, Los Angeles; 
* Friends of Polish Music, Los Angeles; 
* USC Institute for the Study of Jews in American Life; 
* Polish American Congress and Charities of Southern California; 
* USC Hillel Jewish Center.  


        R E G I S T R A T I O N:
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* Conference with concerts. 
        $50 regular. $25 student /retired/member of FPM. 
* Registration per day is also available. 
        $25 regular. $ 15 student/retired/FPM.
* Tickets to concerts. 
        $7 regular. $4 student/retired/FPM. 
* For more information about registration e-mail the PMRC at
polmusic (at) usc(dot)edu, or fax the USC School of Music (fax: 213-740-3217).
Mailing address:
        Polish Music Reference Center 
        School of Music, University of Southern California 
        840 West 34th St. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0851


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        S C H E D U L E:
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SUNDAY. November 15. 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.

SESSION 1: HISTORICAL VISTAS
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USC Campus, Arnold Schoenberg Auditorium

9:00 - 9:30 Welcoming Addresses (USC, HUC, School of Music, PMRC)

Rabbi Susan E. Laemmle, USC Dean for Religious Life 
Ass. Prof. Douglas Lowry, Associate Dean, USC School of Music 
Rabbi Lewis M. Barth, Dean of the Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles 
Asst. Prof. Maria Anna Harley (S. &W.Wilk Director of the PMRC, USC)

9:30 - 10:10. Prof. Paul KNOLL, History Dept., College of Letters, Arts &
Sciences, USC.
"The Early History of Polish-Jewish Relations and the Jewish Community in
Poland" 

10:10 - 10:50. Prof. Piotr WRÓBEL, University of Toronto, CANADA:
"The Jews, the Poles, and the Culture of Poland in the 19th and 20th
Centuries" 

10:50 - 11:10 COFFEE BREAK 


SUNDAY. 11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
SESSION II: SOLOISTS AND SOCIETIES 
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USC Campus, Arnold Schoenberg Auditorium

11:10 - 11:50. Asst. Prof. Halina GOLDBERG, Indiana University, Bloomington
"Assimilation of Jews into 19th Century Polish Musical Culture" 

11:50 - 12:30. Prof. Dr. hab. Marian FUKS, Jewish Historical Institute,
Warsaw, POLAND, and Dr. Isachar FATER, Ramat Aviv, ISRAEL: (papers read in
absence of scholars) "Jewish Music in Poland Between the Wars -- Two
Approaches" 

12:30 - 1:10. Prof. Philip COHEN and Prof. Anna SZPILBERG, Leonardo
Project, Concordia University, Montreal, CANADA: 
"The Great Virtuosi (Rosenthal, Godowsky, Friedman). Lecture - Recital" 


1:10-2:10 LUNCH BREAK 


SUNDAY, 2:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 
SESSION III: FROM POLAND TO CALIFORNIA
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USC Campus, Arnold Schoenberg Institute Auditorium.
Session organized in cooperation with the USC Institute for the Study of
Jews in American Life. 
2:10 - 2:50. Asst. Prof. Maria Anna HARLEY, PMRC, USC: 
"The Question of Identity: Polish Jewish Composers in California" 

2:50 - 3:30. Dr. Linda SCHUBERT, UCLA, Los Angeles: 
"Recovering a Repertory: The American Film Scores of Henry Vars" 

3:30-3:50 COFFEE BREAK

SUNDAY. 3:50 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
SESSION IV: FOLK AND KLEZMER MUSIC
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USC Campus, Arnold Schoenberg Auditorium. 

3:50 - 4:30 Bret WERB: Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
"A Musical Parergon to Chone Shmeruk's Mayufes: A Window on Polish-Jewish
Relations"  

4:30 - 5:10 Hankus NETSKY, Instructor, New England Conservatory, Boston;
Ph.D. Candidate, Wesleyan University. 
"Four Klezmorim From Poland (Kandel, Frydman, Rosner, Bazyler)" 

5:10 - 6:00 Dr. Jordan CHARNOFSKY and Leo CHELYAPOV. The Brandeis-Bardin
Klezmer Ensemble, Los Angeles. 
"Two Voices on Klezmer Music" 

6:00-8:00 DINNER


SUNDAY. 8:00 p.m. 
CONCERT I: TANSMAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
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USC Campus, Arnold Schoenberg Auditorium. 
Performers:     USC Faculty, Students and Guests.
        Prof. James Smith and students - guitar music (Tansman);
        Dr. Donal Pirone (piano, CUNY, New York); 
        Dr. Kathleen Roland (soprano) with Victoria Kirsch (piano).

In the program: 
        Karol Rathaus - Fourth Piano Sonata op. 58 
        Szymon Laks - 5 Songs to texts by Julian Tuwim 
        Jozef Koffler - Cantata "Love" (Milosc) for soprano, clarinet,
viola, cello 
        Alexandre Tansman - 5 Melodies (texts by Anna Tansman), for soprano
and
piano 
        Maurice Ravel - Two Hebraic Songs and Kaddish, for soprano and
piano 
        Igor Stravinsky - Circus Polka for four guitars 
        Alexandre Tansman - works for guitar and guitar ensembles 

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MONDAY, November 16, 9:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
SESSION V: FITELBERG AND KOFFLER
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USC Campus, Newman Recital Hall (Hancock Building).

9:00 - 9:40 Dr. Martina HOMMA, Cologne, GERMANY: 
"Grzegorz Fitelberg, His Music, His Colleagues" 

9:40 - 10:20 Prof. Dr. hab. Maciej GOLAB, University of Warsaw, POLAND: 
"Koffler - the First Polish Composer of 12-Tone Music" 

10:20 - 10:40 COFFEE BREAK

MONDAY. 10:40 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.
SESSION VI: KAROL RATHAUS 
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USC Campus, Newman Recital Hall. 

10:40 - 11:20 Dr. Christopher HAILEY, Director of the Schreker Fundation,
L.A. 
"Rathaus, Schreker and the Aesthetics of Personality" 

11:20 - 12:00 Jolanta GUZY - PASIAK, Institute of Arts, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Warsaw, POLAND: 
"The Evolution of Rathaus' Compositional Style in his Chamber Music" 

12:00 - 12:40 Dr. Don PIRONE, The Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens
College,
        City University of New York, New York. 
"Romantic or Modernist: Karol Rathaus's Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 58" 

12:40 - 1:20 Dr. Martin SCHUSSLER, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany 
"Karol Rathaus - An American Composer from Poland...: The Development of an
Americanized View of Rathaus and its Consequences for the Reception of his
Music" 


1:20 - 2:20 LUNCH BREAK


MONDAY. 2:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
SESSION VII: ALEKSANDER TANSMAN
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Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, L.A. Campus. 
Anna Grancell Student Lounge/Martin Gang Lecture Hall. 

2:20 - 3:00 Barbara MILEWSKI, Princeton University, USA: 
"National Identity and 'Authenticity' in Aleksander Tansman's Mazurkas." 

3:00 - 3:40 Dr. Anna GRANAT-JANKI, Academy of Music, Wroclaw, Poland 
"Tradition and Modernism in the Music of Aleksander Tansman" 

3:40 - 4:00 COFFEE BREAK 


MONDAY. 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 
SESSION VIII: DISCUSSION: IDENTITY/ETHNICITY/ART?
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Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. 
Anna Grancell Student Lounge/Martin Gang Lecture Hall. 
 
4:00 - 4:40 Prof. Michael BECKERMAN, University of California, Santa
Barbara: 
"The Identity/Ethnicity Question in Eastern Europe" 

4:40 - 6:00 Panel Discussion. "Is There Polish Jewish Music?" 
Panelists: Prof. Beckerman, Dr. Goldberg, Prof. Harley, Prof. Knoll, Dr.
Homma, Mr. Werb. 

 
6:00-8:00 DINNER. USC Hillel Center


MONDAY, November 16. 8:00 p.m. 
CONCERT II: GREAT MUSIC BY GREAT VIRTUOSI
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USC Campus, Newman Recital Hall.

Performers: 
        Anna Szpilberg (piano solo); 
        Agnieszka Lejman (voice) with Radoslaw Materka (piano), 
        Dominique Piana (harp) with Sherry Kloss (violin).

In the program:
        Music for piano by Rosenthal, Friedman, Godowsky. 
        Songs by Friedman and Szymanowska. 
        Chamber music by Ryterband (Trois ballades hebraiques).  

RECEPTION, immediately after the concert, Newman Recital Hall foyer. 
Friends of Polish Music with the Polish American Congress of Southern
California

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MARIA ANNA HARLEY,  Asst. Prof., Music History and Literature * 
S. & W. Wilk Director of the Polish Music Reference Center * 
School of Music * University of Southern California * Los Angeles *
840 West 34th Street * CA90089-0851 * e-mail: maharley (at) rcf(dot)usc(dot)edu 
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