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The price of assimilation : Felix Mendelssohn and the nineteenth-century anti-semitic tradition /

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Most scholars since World War Two have assumed that composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) maintained a strong attachment to Judaism throughout his lifetime. As these commentators have rightly noted, Mendelssohn was born Jewish and did not convert to Protestantism until age seven, his gran...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sposato, Jeffrey S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, > 1809-1847 > Religion.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, > 1809-1847
Jewish Christians > Germany > History > 19th century.
Antisemitism > Germany > History > 19th century.
Antisémitisme > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
History & Criticism.
MUSIC.
Individual Composer & Musician.
Jewish Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Antisemitism
Jewish Christians
Religion
Germany
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Computer network resources.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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