Shalom Safranim.
A colleague has received a question from a student. She describes it
below. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
"The student wants applicant data for major European conservatories to
crunch the numbers re: Russian Jew violinists at the turn of the century.
His professor has suggested this, or at least okayed it. I've been looking
in WorldCat for books on the history of conservatories in Europe and in
specific countries, but that doesn't seem to be much help. Aside from
contacting the conservatories themselves, does anyone have any ideas? The
applicant figures would have to include the numbers of Jewish students who
applied. I'm just not convinced this information even exists--that these
records would still be around."
The student adds this:
"Of course, they could include: University of Music and Theatre Leipzig,
The Paris Conservatorie, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna,
and the Royal College of Music London. I reread my email, and I am afraid I
erred slightly. In particular I am looking for applicants to these schools
circa 1890s-1914 that were registered as being *Jewish*."
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Thank you.
B'chavod rav.
Shmuel Ben-Gad,
Gelman Library,
George Washington University.
"Silence, silence, light be thy step."
--Euripides. Orestes 140.
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