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Abstract
This article includes comments on some of Cherney’s compositions, and an account of his work on Weinzweig: Essays on His Life and Music (Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011), of which he and John Beckwith were the co-editors. Cherney’s approach to composing equips him for dealing with a wide range of musical questions, and his exceptional command of both German and Jewish history (as evidenced, for example, in his University of Toronto dissertation on the Bekker-Pfitzner controversy of 1919, and in his essay on the sources of Weinzweig’s radicalism in the 2011 publication) has in turn suggested avenues of exploration in his creative work. Further observations touch on his gift for parody and musical in-jokes.
Résumé
Cet article inclut des commentaires sur certaines compositions de Cherney et un compte rendu de sa contribution à l’ouvrage intitulé Weinzweig: Essays on His Life and Music (Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011), dont il a été coéditeur en collaboration avec John Beckwith. Son approche de la composition prépare bien Cherney au traitement d’un vaste éventail de questions musicales, tandis que sa connaissance poussée de l’histoire de l’Allemagne et des Juifs (que révèlent par exemple sa dissertation présentée à l’Université de Toronto sur la controverse Bekker-Pfitzner de 1919 et son essai sur les sources du radicalisme de Weinzweig incluse dans la publication de 2011) révèle des pistes d’exploration dans son travail de création. D’autres observations portent sur son don pour la parodie et les blagues musicales pour initiés.
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