Musical Life of the Jewish Community in Interwar Galicia. The Problem of Identity of Jewish Musicians
Musical Life of the Jewish Community in Interwar Galicia. The Problem of Identity of Jewish Musicians

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the issue of Jewish musicians’ identity by the ex-ample of prewar Galician artists. It emphasizes the role of social andpolitical divisions within Jewish community and the impact of assimi-lation, liberalism, socialism and Zionism on the musical life of Jewsin Galicia. Then, it discusses their influence on individual musicianslike: Bronisław Gimpel, Bronisław Huberman, Józef Koffler, StanisławLipski, Wilhelm Mantel, Paweł Anhalt, Stefan Schleichkorn, HenrykGuensberg, Józef Neger, Henryk Apte, Izaak Lust, Zofia Lissa, Mor-dechaj Gebirtig, Nachum Sternheim and musicians active on the stageof popular music. Its aim is to encourage musicologists to reconsiderthe issue of prewar Jewish musicians’ identity and to use findings ofhistorians and sociologists in musicological literature. They indicate rather complexity, not unilaterality, of the self-identification of Jewsin diaspora. Understanding of the Jewish musicians’ work conditions allows to discover the hidden meaning of their actions.

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