Artists in Exile, Joseph Horowitz
Wednesday, January 16 at 7 PM – 9 PM
JCC Holland Family Building,
787 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY
Guest speaker Joseph Horowitz explores patriotic musical responses to WW II — specifically Pearl Harbor and FDR’s declaration of war — by two Jewish refugee composers: Kurt Weill
and Arnold Schoenberg.
The presentation— with audio/video clips — will be a study in contrasts: Weill became a super-patriot; Schoenberg remained ambivalent about America. Mr. Horowitz will be in Buffalo working with the BPO and UB as the creator of the year-long “Kurt Weill Festival” (www.bpo.org). Horowitz is an author, concert producer, and teacher. He is one of the most prominent and widely published writers on topics in American music. Joseph Horowitz
Event is free but reservations required. Call (716) 242 7824