Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Elsa Bienenfeld, Jewish music, Vienna
College
Humanities
Department
German and Russian
Abstract
For my project, I researched the life and written works of Elsa Bienenfeld (1877–1942), a Viennese-born Jewish music critic who worked for the Neues Wiener Journal (daily newspaper) in Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century. I studied her life and her music reviews and wrote about her influence on the budding modern music movement that originated in Vienna during her lifetime. Because my project required original research from almost exclusively primary texts, I traveled to Vienna in the fall for a two-week research trip. This trip generated about 90% of my research and subsequently my thesis. I used ORCA funds to cover the costs of this trip. I analyzed in writing the largest current collection of primary documents on Bienenfeld. My study was an evaluation of her unique perspective on the Modern music movement.
Recommended Citation
Draper, Kelsey and McFarland, Dr. Robert
(2013)
"Portrait of Elsa Bienenfeld a Jewish Music Critic in Turn-of-the Twentieth Century Vienna,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 811.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/811