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Austrian music historian (1879–1943)
Paul Stefan
BornPaul Stefan Grünfeld
November 25, 1879
Brno, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
DiedNovember 12, 1943(1943-11-12) (aged 63)
New York City, USA
NationalityAustrian
Occupation(s)Music historian, critic
Notable workEditor of Musikblätter des Anbruch

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, Paul Stefan came to live in Vienna in 1898. 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. From 1922 to 1937 he edited the Austrian music journal Musikblätter des Anbruch (entitled simply Anbruch from 1929).

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

External links

Media related to Paul Stefan at Wikimedia Commons

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