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Exhibitions
On
the Wings of Song
Exhibition
of art and archival
documents from the Leo Baeck Institute Collections highlighting Jewish
involvement in music
June
6 through August 31, 2006 |
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From its own
archives and art
collection, the Leo Baeck Institute has put together an exhibit to
showcase the countless musicians, composers and patrons who enriched
European cultural life throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Many
were Jewish, while others, like Mozart, received early and important
support in the salons of cosmopolitan Jewish women such as Fanny von
Arnstein and her sister Cäcilie Eskeles. |
Mozart
lived in the von Arnstein residence in Vienna for an extended period of
time and composed some of his most inspired works there, including The
Abduction from the Seraglio and the Haffner Symphony. Beethoven
dedicated one of his songs to Cäcilie Eskeles in gratitude for
her
patronage. Mendelssohn,
Meyerbeer,
Klemperer and other great names in our Western musical heritage are
also well represented in this special showing of rarely seen treasures
from the Leo Baeck Institute.
The
Katherine and Clifford H. Goldsmith Gallery is located at the Center
for Jewish History, 15 West 16th
Street, New York, NY, on the mezzanine level.
Gallery
hours:
Sunday: 11:00
am to 5:00 pm
Monday to
Thursday: 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Friday: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Admission is free.
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