by Barbara Blum
From 1830 until the end of the 19th century, the famous
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composer, whose name you may not recognize, Giacomo Meyerbeer was the most successful and sought-after composer throughout Europe. Why has his music been so neglected? Barbara Blum explains.
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Sophie Tucker’s career spanned 60 years. Famous
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as a cabaret artist, she was also a liberated feminist and extremely generous philanthropist. Remembered as a singer of risqué as well as sentimental and Jewish songs, she was loved for her flamboyant personality.
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by Barbara Blum
Barbara Blum writes about three generations of the
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Jewish born Mendlessohn family - philosopher Moses, bankers Abraham and Joseph, and musicians Felix and Fanny. In spite of his parents, Abraham and Leah, converting their family to Christianity, did Felix question this imposed conversion by the end of his life?
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Barbara Blum gives us the background to Mascagni’s
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two best know operas, Cavalleria Rusticano and L’Amico Fritz. It is interesting to learn that 50 years after the opera’s were written Mascagni – who was Italian born – joined the Fascist party and changed the identities of his characters to fit his new political ideas.
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“Shostakovich, a non-Jew would describe the Jews
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as 'the most persecuted and defenseless people of Europe' and judge a fellow man by his attitude towards Jews, as he himself had no place in his heart for anti-Semitism.”
“Shostakovich's works are a supreme example of a man's courage and determination to express his innermost thoughts and feelings in the face of unimaginable terror and its consequences.”
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There are many ways that the biblical story of Belshazzar
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has been portrayed – in music, art and literature. Barbara Blum write about Belshazzar’s Feast, the massive chorale work composed by William Walton 80 years ago.
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In her usual interesting and informative way Barbara
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Blum tells us of Beethoven's successors. It was no small challenge creating music in the shadow of the great master but they managed to develop their own styles and make their mark on the history of classical music
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Autres temps, autres moeurs . . . other times, other
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customs. Barbara Blum tells the
story of two Jewish women who used their amazing talents to entertain audiences
in very different ways – reflecting the times and society in which they lived.
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ESRA Herzliya is very happy to report on an extremely
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successful and interesting talk given recently by Lady Hazel Cosgrove CBE. Lady Cosgrove is the first woman to be appointed a Senator of the Court of Justice, a judge of Scotland’s Supreme Court.
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by Barbara Blum
Pen pictures of Chopin and Rubinstein, both born in
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Poland but destined never to return. Rubinstein, a Jew devoted to the Jewish people, and superb interpreter of Chopin’s wonderful compositions .Chopin, an avid and outspoken anti-Semite.
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