Welcoming Elijah in 1927 Chicago: Mendelssohn in Yiddish Socialist Clothing

Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah has been a concert staple over the past century and a half in the US. The work, written un German, has also been translated into many languages, and it seems to speak to people of varying backgrounds, religions, and cultures. An unusual version of the oratorio was hea...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American music (Champaign, Ill.) Ill.), 2011-05, Vol.29 (1), p.85-110
1. Verfasser:	Ochs, Michael
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American Music Choirs Clothing industry Composers Composition Cultural background German language Jewish culture Jewish music Jewish peoples Mandolins Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Music Music history Musical criticism Musical performance Musicology Poetry Religion Singing Theater Translation Yiddish
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Zusammenfassung:	Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah has been a concert staple over the past century and a half in the US. The work, written un German, has also been translated into many languages, and it seems to speak to people of varying backgrounds, religions, and cultures. An unusual version of the oratorio was heard in Chicago at an Orchestra Hall concert on May 15, 1927. Sung in Yiddish by a leftist amateur chorus, it featured a new, avowedly socialist-labor text. Ochs discusses the existence of the work and the circumstances surrounding its genesis.
ISSN:	0734-4392 1945-2349
DOI:	10.5406/americanmusic.29.1.0085