Paul Stefan

Paul Stefan
Born
Paul Stefan Grünfeld

25 November 1879
Brno, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died12 November 1943(1943-11-12) (aged 63)
New York City, USA
OccupationsMusic historian, critic
Notable workEditor of Musikblätter des Anbruch

Paul Stefan, born Paul Stefan Grünfeld (25 November 1879 – 12 November 1943) was an Austrian music historian and critic.

Born into an assimilated Jewish family,[1] Stefan came to live in Vienna in 1898.[2] He attended courses in law, philosophy, and art history at the University of Vienna before studying music theory with Hermann Graedener and possibly composition under Arnold Schoenberg.[3] From 1922 to 1937, he edited the Austrian music journal Musikblätter des Anbruch (entitled simply Anbruch from 1929 onward).[4]

Works

  • Gustav Mahler; eine studie über persönlichkeit und werk, Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1910. Translated to English as Gustav Mahler: a study of his personality and work, 1913.
  • Arturo Toscanini, 1927
  • Anton Dvořák, 1939
  • Verdi, the man in his letters, 1942

References

  1. ↑ Klara Moricz (ed.), Jewish Identities: Nationalism, Racism, and Utopianism in Twentieth-Century Music, University of California Press (2008), p. 6
  2. ↑ Alfred Mathis-Rosenzweig, Gustav Mahler: new insights into his life, times and work, p. 31
  3. ↑ Henry-Louis de La Grange, Gustav Mahler: A new life cut short (1907–1911), Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 781
  4. ↑ Musikblätter des Anbruch (ANB) Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

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