Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna: Composing Compassion in Music and Biblical Theater
Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna explores how Jewish writers and composers sought, through their engagement with musical forms and styles, to capture Jewish voices and their dynamic expression of compassion and otherness.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Bloomington
Indiana University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Kita, Caroline A., Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna] (2021) (Uslin, Karen L.)
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| Series/Journal: | German Jewish Cultures Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Biblical drama
/ Jews (Motif)
/ Compassion (motif)
/ Musik
/ Literature
/ Old Testament
/ Jews
/ Vienna
/ History 1876-1918
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| Further subjects: | B
Music-Austria-Vienna-History and criticism
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna explores how Jewish writers and composers sought, through their engagement with musical forms and styles, to capture Jewish voices and their dynamic expression of compassion and otherness. Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Introduction -- 1. A Case for Compassion: Siegfried Lipiner's Adam -- 2. Voicing Compassion: Gustav Mahler's Second and Third Symphonies -- 3. Polyphony as a Poetics of Compassion: Arnold Schoenberg's Die Jakobsleiter -- 4. Dialogues of Compassion: Richard Beer-Hofmann's Jaákobs Traum -- 5. Compassion as Communal Song: Stefan Zweig's Jeremias -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0253040566 |