Paul Stefan, born Paul Stefan Grünfeld (25 November 1879 in

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– 12 November 1943 in

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) was an Austrian music historian and critic. Born into an assimilated

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family, Paul Stefan came to live in

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in 1898. He attended courses in law, philosophy and art history at the

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, before studying music theory with Hermann Graedener and possibly composition under

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

. From 1922 to 1937 he edited the Austrian music journal ''Musikblätter des Anbruch'' (entitled simply ''Anbruch'' from 1929).Musikblätter des Anbruch (ANB)

Works

* ''

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic music, Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and ...

; eine studie über persönlichkeit und werk'', Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1910. Translated to English as ''Gustav Mahler: a study of his personality and work'', 1913. * ''

Arturo Toscanini Arturo Toscanini (; ; March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orche ...

'', 1927 * '' Anton Dvořák'', 1939 * '' Verdi, the man in his letters'', 1942

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