Mahler's Forgotten Conductor : : Heinz Unger and his Search for Jewish Meaning, 1895-1965 / / Hernan Tesler-Mabé.

The orchestral conductor Heinz Unger (1895-1965) was born in Berlin, Germany and was reared from a young age to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. In 1915, he heard a Munich performance of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde ("The Song of the Earth") conducte...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. A Thoroughly German Youth, Early Trips to the Soviet Union, and an Unfortunate Exile (1895-1933)
  • Chapter Two. European Exodus: USSR, England, Spain, and the World (1933-1954)
  • Chapter Three. Early Life in Canada and a Return to Germany (1937-1956)
  • Chapter Four. A Jewish Renaissance: Life in Canada, the Israel Philharmonic, and the Mahler Centenary (1956-1960)
  • Chapter Five. The Final Years and a Farewell to the World (1961-1965)
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Known Concerts and Performances by Heinz Unger
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Composers
  • General Index