Re: Pre WWII Jewish Music

[Eliott Kahn <Elkahn...>]

Shirona:

Please pick up Michael Brenner's: THE RENAISSANCE OF JEWISH CULTURE IN WEIMAR 
GERMANY, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996. It will give you an 
excellent overview of so much that was happening in Jewish culture and 
education in Germany between the wars.

For a more in-depth focus on music in the context of social, political, and 
cultural developments in Germany, why not pick up the current volume of MUSICA 
JUDAICA, vol. 15, 2000-2001, and my article entitled, "Heinrich Schalit and 
Weimar Jewish Music." (33-67).

Eliott Kahn


At 11:52 AM 4/28/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a question - 
> 
>Is there a body of work that can be labeled "Pre WWII Jewish Music " (in 
>Europe) - or perhaps "Jewish Music Between the Wars" ? 
> 
>The core of my question is this: If there is such a distinguishable body of 
>work, ( including Theater, Poetry, Literature - even Art ) - does this body of 
>work reflect the Jewish artists' awareness, or perhaps lack of awareness , of 
>their changing status in the world...?
> 
>- Shirona
> 
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