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Paul Stefan 
Summary
Paul Stefan, born Paul Stefan Grünfeld (25 November 1879, in Brno – 12 November 1943, in New York City) was an Austrian music historian and critic.
Born into an assimilated Jewish family,[1] Paul 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).[4]
Works edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Klara Moricz (ed.), Jewish Identities: Nationalism, Racism, and Utopianism in Twentieth-Century Music, University of California Press (2008), p. 6
- ^ Alfred Mathis-Rosenzweig, Gustav Mahler: new insights into his life, times and work, p. 31
- ^ Henry-Louis de La Grange, Gustav Mahler: A new life cut short (1907–1911), Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 781
- ^ Musikblätter des Anbruch (ANB) Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
Media related to Paul Stefan at Wikimedia Commons