Robert Lachmann's Letters to Henry George Farmer (from 1923 to 1938)

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43195-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 26 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 619 g

Reihe: Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World

Robert Lachmann’s letters to Henry George Farmer, from the years 1923-38, provide insightful glimpses into his life and his progressive research projects. From an historical perspective, they offer critical data concerning the development of comparative musicology as it evolved in Germany during the early decades of the twentieth century. The fact that Lachmann sought contact with Farmer can be explained from their mutual, yet diverse interests in Arab music, particularly as they were then considered to be the foremost European scholars in the field. During the 1932 Cairo International Congress on Arab Music, they were selected as presidents of their respective committees.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Katz, Israel J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Foreword

Israel J. Katz

Preface

Sheila M. Craik

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

1 The Berlin Years (1892-1935)

1.1 Introduction

1.2 From his Birth through his Formative Years (1892-1911)

1.3 Graduation from the Gymnasium, Courses at Berlin Univ., Military Service, and Degree in Librarianship (1911-8)

1.4 Return to Civilian Life, Berlin Univ., the Phonogrammarchiv, Attainment of his Doctorate, Librarianship, and Fieldwork in Algeria and Tunisia (1918-27)

1.5 Appointment as Music Librarian at the Preussische Staatsbibliothek, and Additional Fieldwork in Tunisia and Algeria (1927-30)

1.6 From the First Mention of the Cairo Congress of Arab Music (Feb. 1930) to his Participation (Mar.-Apr. 1932) and Egyptian Fieldwork (Apr.-May 1932)

1.7 Post-Congress Visit of Johannes Wolf and Kurt Schindler to Jerusalem, where they met with Judah L. Magnes (April 1932)

1.8 Dismissal from the Staatsbibliothek (Berlin 1933)

1.9 Initial Contacts with Judah L. Magnes at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1934-5)

2 The Jerusalem Years (1935-1939)

2.1 Background

2.2 Lachmann’s Initial Academic Year at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1935-6) [Oct. 22–June 28]

2.3 Second Academic Year (1936-7) [Oct. 11–June 24]

2.4 Lachmann’s Students at the Archive for Oriental Music (Jerusalem)

2.5 The Oriental Music Broadcasts (Nov. 1936–Apr. 1937)

2.6 The World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine (WCJMP) (1936-9)

2.7 Boundary-Crossing, Brith Shalom, Stefan Wolpe, and Music Education

2.8 Third Academic Year (1937-8) [Sept. 30–July 10]

2.9 Fourth Academic Year (1938-9) [Oct. 8–July 17]

2.10 Last Weeks in Jerusalem (1939)

3 Lachmann’s Letters to Henry George Farmer [FC 467/1-90]

3.1&e

Über Autor(innen)

Israel J. Katz, Ph.D. (1967), University of California at Los Angeles, is a Research Associate at the University of California at Davis. He has published monographs, articles, and a bibliography on Spanish tradition-al folk music and dances. His latest publication dealt with Henry George Farmer and the First International Congress of Arab Music (Cairo 1932) (Brill 2015).