Max Ettinger
1874 - 1951
Poland | Germany | Switzerland
Max Ettinger (27/12/1874 - 19/07/1951), a Jewish, German composer. Although born in Lwow, Poland, he had a wholly German upbringing. He studied in Berlin and Munich and left Germany in 1933 to settle in Switzerland at Ascona.
| Source: | Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians |
The 'Jiddische Requiem'
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Composed in: | 1947 |
| Musical form: | free |
As a Jew, Ettinger has this requiem probably written in memory of the Jewish victims of World War II.
| Source: | Robert Chase, Dies Irae: A Guide to Requiem Music, Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2003 |