Paul Stefan
Austrian music historian (1879–1943)
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Paul Stefan, born Paul Stefan Grünfeld (25 November 1879 – 12 November 1943) was an Austrian music historian and critic.
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Born
25 November 1879
Paul Stefan Grünfeld
25 November 1879
Brno, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died12 November 1943 (aged 63)
New York City, USA
OccupationsMusic historian, critic
NotableworkEditor of Musikblätter des Anbruch
Paul Stefan | |
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| Born | Paul Stefan Grünfeld 25 November 1879 Brno, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) |
| Died | 12 November 1943 (aged 63) New York City, USA |
| Occupations | Music historian, critic |
| Notable work | Editor of Musikblätter des Anbruch |
Born into an assimilated Jewish family,[1] 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 onward).[4]
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
