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David Josef Bach and Austrian Culture between the Wars
Announcement and Call for Papers
for a symposium to be held in London on 12-13 February 2003
David Josef Bach, who was born in Lemberg in 1874 and died in London in
1947, was a pivotal figure in the cultural life of Vienna. In 1905 he
founded the celebrated Workers Symphony Concerts and in 1919 he was
appointed Director of the 'Sozialdemokratische Kunststelle', which
enabled him to develop a dynamic programme of artistic events. In a
situation of increasing polarization between Right and Left, he promoted
inclusive forms of a cultural activity. The esteem in which he was held
by contemporaries is reflected in the collection of eighty-eight
literary, artistic and musical dedications which was presented to him in
1924 on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. This collection, which
Bach brought with him to Britain, forms a unique time capsule of
Viennese cultural life.
A two-day symposium on 'David Josef Bach and Austrian Culture between
the Wars' will be held in London on Wednesday 12th (at the Austrian
Cultural Forum) and Thursday 13th February 2003 (at the Institute of
Germanic Studies in association with the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for
Modern Austrian Literature). It will be accompanied by an exhibition of
items from the Bach collection, to be held at the Cultural Forum under
the title 'Souvenirs of Vienna 1924', with original artistic works and
manuscripts by Kokoschka, Schoenberg and others.
The language of the symposium will be English, and offers of papers are
invited from any researchers in this field. Anyone interested in
contributing should submit a synopsis by 5 October 2002 to one of the
organizers: Dr Judith Beniston, Dept of German, University College,
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Email: [log in to unmask]; or Professor
Edward Timms, Centre for German-Jewish Studies, University of Sussex,
Brighton BN1 9QN. Email: [log in to unmask]
Andrea Hammel
Research Administrator
Centre for German-Jewish Studies
University of Sussex Library
Brighton
BN1 9QL
Tel +44 (0)1273 877178
Fax +44 (0)1273 877174
For further information please visit our website:
www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/cgjs
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