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Paul Stefan, born Paul Stefan Grünfeld (25 November 1879, in Musikblätter des Anbruch (ANB)
Paul Stefan, born Paul Stefan Grünfeld (25 November 1879, in Brno
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– 12 November 1943, in New York City
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) was an Austrian music historian and critic.
Born into an assimilated Jewish
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family, Paul Stefan came to live in Vienna
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in 1898. He attended courses in law, philosophy and art history at the University of Vienna
The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...
, before studying music theory with Hermann Graedener
Hermann Graedener or Grädener (8 May 1844 – 15 September 1929) was a German composer, conductor and teacher.
Biography
He was born in Kiel in the Duchy of Holstein. He was educated by his father, composer Karl Graedener. He then studied a ...
and possibly composition under Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...
. From 1922 to 1937 he edited the Austrian music journal ''Musikblätter des Anbruch'' (entitled simply ''Anbruch'' from 1929).Works
* ''Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and the modernism ...
; 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
Arturo Toscanini (; ; March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orch ...
'', 1927
* '' Anton Dvořák'', 1939
* ''Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
, the man in his letters'', 1942
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1879 births 1943 deaths Austrian Jews Austrian music critics 20th-century Austrian historians Music historians Knights of the Order of the White Lion Mahler scholars Austrian emigrants to the United States Historians from the Austro-Hungarian Empire {{Austria-writer-stub