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Jewishness, Internationalism and the Swedish Music Scene : The reception of Moses Pergament

Rosengren, Henrik LU (2019) p.849-859
Abstract
The Finnish-born, Swedish-Jewish composer and music critic Moses Pergament belonged to the first generation of Swedish modernists. Pergament’s Jewish and Swedish identity, as well as his modern aesthetic ideals, made him an outsider during the interwar period. The fact that Pergament, as a Jew, called himself a Swedish composer was seen as provocative and placed him in a cultural battlefield. The essay highlights the nationalist discourses linking Jewishness and avant-garde internationalism that were crucial in the reception given to Pergament – and an important part of the reception history of the avant-garde in general.
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A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950
editor
Hjartarson, Benedikt ; Kollnitz, Andrea ; Stounbjerg, Per and Orum, Tania
pages
849 - 859
publisher
Brill Rodopi
ISBN
978-90-04-38829-1
978-90-04-36679-4
DOI
10.1163/9789004388291_053
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Swedish
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  booktitle    = {{A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950}},
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