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]
Works
Gustav Mahler; eine studie über persönlichkeit und werk, Münich: R. Piper & Co., 1910. Translated to English as Gustav Mahler: a study of his personality and work, 1913.