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Born | Paul Stefan Grünfeld November 25, 1879 Brno, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) |
Died | November 12, 1943 New York City, USA | (aged 63)
Nationality | Austrian |
Occupation(s) | Music historian, critic |
Notable work | Editor of Musikblätter des Anbruch |
Paul Stefan, born Paul Stefan Grünfeld (25 November 1879, in Brno – 12 November 1943, in New York City) was an Austrian music historian and critic.
Born into an assimilated Jewish family,[1] Paul Stefan came to live in Vienna in 1898.[2] He attended courses in law, philosophy and art history at the University of Vienna, before studying music theory with Hermann Graedener and possibly composition under Arnold Schoenberg.[3] From 1922 to 1937 he edited the Austrian music journal Musikblätter des Anbruch (entitled simply Anbruch from 1929).[4]