Language:
English
Year of publication:
1995
Titel der Quelle:
19th-Century Music
Angaben zur Quelle:
18,3 (1995) 257-276
Keywords:
Mahler, Gustav, Public opinion
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Jewish composers
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Antisemitism History 19th century
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Antisemitism History 20th century
;
Jews History 1867-1918
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Vienna (Austria)
Abstract:
Examines stereotypical images (e.g. caricatures, silhouettes) and descriptions of Mahler as an "energetic" and "modern" conductor which represent implicit references to Mahler's Jewishness. The Vienna of his time was virulently antisemitic, and much criticism was directed specifically at Mahler. The Jew was believed to be different, and those differences centered on his body. So, too, Viennese criticism of Mahler focused on his body - his stature, his nervousness, his gestures - and not on his musical interpretations. States that the images of Mahler that have come down to us are probably distorted through a questionable lens - the world of antisemitic Vienna.
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