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Chapter 10 Thought Questions

1. Is it appropriate to claim 19^th-century concert musicians who converted to Christianity in this period as Jewish musicians?  Explain your answer.
   
2. What were the differences in Jewish life between France and Germany in the 19^th century?  Specifically, how did those differences impact Jewish music and musicians?
   
3. Cite some important non-liturgical compositions of the 20^th century that have Jewish content.  In each case, point out what the Jewish content is and speculate on whether that composition could have been undertaken by an 18^th or 19^th-century composer, explaining  why, or why not, in your own opinion.
   
4. Select several avowedly Jewish composers of the 19^th and 20^th centuries and show what influence the haskalah had on either their careers or their music.
   
5. Assume you are a music reviewer for Robert Schumann’s publication, Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (New Magazine for Music) in the late 19^th century.   Write a review of Wagner’s book, Das Judentum in der Musik (Judaism in Music) aimed at the general European reader.