Schulhoff: Suite Dansante En Jazz / Piano Sonata No. 1 / Hot Music
2/1/2004, 41 Tracks, 1:18:38
Featuring
Kathryn Stott
Erwin Schulhoff
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Performer Biography
Kathryn Stott, the pianist on this album, is a versatile musician who has performed with major orchestras worldwide and is known for her advocacy of contemporary music.
Critical Reception
Schulhoff's jazz influences, inspired by African-American music, were a concern to the Nazis, and his Cinq études de jazz were singled out as 'Entartete Musik' (Degenerate Music).
Composer Biography
Ervin Schulhoff, a Czech composer and pianist, grew up in Prague in a wealthy German-speaking Jewish family and had his musical talents recognized early.
Compositional Technique
Schulhoff's music often featured the extensive use of parallel fifths, a characteristic that appeared in many of his works.
Historical Context
Ervin Schulhoff was imprisoned in 1941, two years after the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, and died in the Wülzburg concentration camp the following year.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schulhoff was influenced by many styles, including late Romantic German music, Claude Debussy, Dadaism, and jazz.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The Dadaist artist George Grosz introduced Schulhoff to jazz music on recordings, and jazz became a hallmark of Schulhoff's musical style.
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