Jewish difference and the arts in Vienna : composing compassion in music and biblical theater / Caroline A. Kita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kita, Caroline A., author.

Series:

German Jewish cultures.

German Jewish cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945.

Beer-Hofmann, Richard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 188 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (JSTOR, viewed September 26, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780253040541

025304054X