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Jack Diether (1919-87) was a Canadian-born American msuic critic and musicologist prominent in the early years of the 1960s 'Mahler revival'. |
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'''Jack Diether''' (1919–1987) was a Canadian-born American music critic and [[musicologist]] prominent in the 1960s and 70s. He was best known for his expertise in and promotion of the music of [[Gustav Mahler]] and [[Anton Bruckner]] at a time when neither composer enjoyed wide critical acceptance. |
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It was Diether who in 1943 attempted unsuccessfully (by letter) to interest [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] in the task of producing a performable score from the draft of [[Mahler]]'s unfinished Tenth Symphony; he was also present at a 1949 meeting between [[Alma Mahler]] and [[Arnold Schoenberg]] at which the latter declined to take on the same task. |
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==Life== |
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The final issue of the [[Magazine|journal]] ''Chord and Discord''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abruckner.com/Data/articles/thebrucknersociety2/1998/1998-c.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-03-16 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114027/http://www.abruckner.com/Data/articles/thebrucknersociety2/1998/1998-c.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> was dedicated to his memory. |
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The Jack Diether papers, dating from 1941 to 2006, are now held by the New York Public Library. |
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== Articles by Diether == |
== Articles by Diether == |
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* 'Mahler And Atonality', Music Review |
* 'Mahler And [[Atonality]]', ''Music Review'', Vol. 17, 1956, pp. 130–133 |
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* 'Richard III: The Preservation Of A Film', The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television |
* '[[Richard III]]: The Preservation Of A [[movie|Film]]', ''The Quarterly of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol. 11, Issue 3, 1957, pp. 280–293 |
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* 'Mahler and Psychoanalysis', ''Psychoanalysis and the Psychoanalytic Review'', Winter, 1958-9 |
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* 'Mahler's Place in Musical History', ''Chord and Discord'', Vol. 2, No. 10, 1963 |
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* 'The Expressive Content of Mahler's Ninth Symphony: An Interpretation', ''Chord and Discord'', Vol. 2, No. 10, 1963 |
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* 'Finishing Mahler's "Unfinished"', ''Music and Musicians'', May 1966, pp. 9–10 |
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== References == |
== References == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [http://www.gmsnyc.org/board.php Notes by the Gustav Mahler Society of New York] |
* [http://www.gmsnyc.org/board.php Notes by the Gustav Mahler Society of New York] |
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* [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/24/obituaries/jack-diether.html Obituary in the New York Times] |
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* [http://death-records.mooseroots.com/d/n/Jack-Diether Death records] |
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* [http://archives.nypl.org/mus/22299 Catalogue entry for the Jack Diether papers, now held in the New York Public Library] |
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* [http://www.oocities.org/vienna/choir/6196/Pages/Diether.html Webpage with photograph and biographical information] |
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| NAME = Diether, Jack |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian-born music critic, musicologist and broadcaster |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1919 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 1987 |
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[[Category:American music critics]] |
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Latest revision as of 06:09, 21 April 2023
Jack Diether (1919–1987) was a Canadian-born American music critic and musicologist prominent in the 1960s and 70s. He was best known for his expertise in and promotion of the music of Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner at a time when neither composer enjoyed wide critical acceptance.
It was Diether who in 1943 attempted unsuccessfully (by letter) to interest Dmitri Shostakovich in the task of producing a performable score from the draft of Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony; he was also present at a 1949 meeting between Alma Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg at which the latter declined to take on the same task.
The final issue of the journal Chord and Discord[1] was dedicated to his memory.
The Jack Diether papers, dating from 1941 to 2006, are now held by the New York Public Library.
Articles by Diether
[edit]- 'Mahler And Atonality', Music Review, Vol. 17, 1956, pp. 130–133
- 'Richard III: The Preservation Of A Film', The Quarterly of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 1957, pp. 280–293
- 'Mahler and Psychoanalysis', Psychoanalysis and the Psychoanalytic Review, Winter, 1958-9
- 'Mahler's Place in Musical History', Chord and Discord, Vol. 2, No. 10, 1963
- 'The Expressive Content of Mahler's Ninth Symphony: An Interpretation', Chord and Discord, Vol. 2, No. 10, 1963
- 'Music Since The LP', Musical America, Vol. 84, 1964, pp. 8–9
- 'Finishing Mahler's "Unfinished"', Music and Musicians, May 1966, pp. 9–10
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
[edit]- Notes by the Gustav Mahler Society of New York
- Obituary in the New York Times
- Death records
- Catalogue entry for the Jack Diether papers, now held in the New York Public Library
- Webpage with photograph and biographical information
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