Milton Babbitt’s Glosses on American Jewish Identity

Despite the fact that Babbitt claimed to “regard himself as Jewish and did not wish to be in any way evasive about being Jewish,” little scholarship has documented how Babbitt’s Jewish identity influenced his discourse or music. Yet, during the postwar era—a time when many American Jews felt an obli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alison Maggart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2017-09-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5354