Gisela Schlesinger Selden-Goth (6 June 1884 - 5 September 1975) [1] was a Hungarian author, composer [2] and musicologist who became an American citizen in 1939. [3] She composed at least four string quartets [4] and donated her large collection of original music manuscripts to the Library of Congress. [5] Her writing and musical compositions were published under the name Gisela Selden-Goth.
Biography
Selden-Goth was born in Budapest to Michael and Rosalia Schlesinger. [6] Her music teachers included Bela Bartok, Ferruccio Busoni, and Istvan Thoman. [4] [7] Her piano composition was one of 10 winners (out of 874 submissions) in the 1910 Signals for the Musical World competition in Germany. [8] She married Ernst Goth and they had a daughter, Trudy Goth, who became a dancer and journalist. [9]
Selden-Goth lived in Berlin and Florence, Italy, before emigrating to America in 1938. She returned to Florence in 1950 and remained there until her death in 1975. She served as a music critic for newspapers in Berlin, Prague, Switzerland, and Budapest, most notably for Prager Tagblatt, a German newspaper in Prague. [7] She also wrote books about Busoni and Arturo Toscanini and edited a collection of Felix Mendelssohn’s letters. [4] [10] She maintained a lengthy correspondence with the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, often discussing their mutual interest in collecting original music scores. After Zweig’s suicide, Selden-Goth commented that. . . “A chamber group in a house or the opportunity to hear a good orchestra might have relieved the tension of that mind tortured by personal forebodings and by the vision of mankind in agony.” [7] She also corresponded with composer Ernest Bloch and musicologist Hans Moldenhauer. [11]
Selden-Goth’s music is published today by Universal Edition. [4] Her prose works and musical compositions include:
Selected literary publications
Articles
- “A New Collection of Music Manuscripts in the United States” (The Music Quarterly vol 26 no 2 Apr 1940) [12]
- “Neue Wege der musikalischen Erziehung” (New Ways in Music Education) Die Musik vol 16 1924 [13]
Bibliography
- Arturo Toscanini (edited by Selden-Goth) [10]
- Felix Mendelssohn: Letters (edited by Selden-Goth) [14]
- Ferruccio Busoni: Der Versuch Eines Porträts (Ferruccio Busoni: An Attempt at a Portrait) [15]
Selected music works
Chamber music
- Quintet, opus 35 (for strings) [16]
- String Quartets No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 [4]
- String Trio [4]
- Suite for Violin and Piano [4]
Piano
Vocal music
- Book of Monastic Life, opus 44 (text from Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke) [16]
- Cantata [4]
- Songs [4]
- The Pilgrim (baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra) [4]
References
- ^ "Universal Edition". www.universaledition.com. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ Selden-Goth, Gisela. "New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
- ^ "Gisella Selden-Goth Collection", Performing Arts Encyclopedia, 1726–1940, retrieved 18 Oct 2022
- ^ "Gisela Goth". geni_family_tree. 6 June 1884. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ a b c Selden Goth, Gisella. "s22". casastefanzweig.org.br. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^
a
b Blanchet, Emile; Szymanowski, Karol; Gruenberg, Louis; Renner, Willy; Selden-Goth, Gisella; Bonis, Mél; Neitzel, Otto; Nováček, Rudolf; Röntgen, Julius (1910).
"Zehn Preiskompositionen für Klavier die beim Preisausschreiben der".
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - ^ "TRUDY GOTH DIES; WRITER ON DANCE". The New York Times. 1974-05-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ a b Dyment, Christopher (2012). Toscanini in Britain. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-789-3.
- ^ "Selden-Goth, Gisella, 1884-1975 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ Selden-Goth, Gisella (1940). "A New Collection of Music Manuscripts in the United States". The Musical Quarterly. 26 (2): 175–185. doi: 10.1093/mq/XXVI.2.175. ISSN 0027-4631. JSTOR 738845.
- ^ Selden-Goth, Gisella (1924). "Neue Wege der musikalischen Erziehung". Die Musik vol 16. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "Felix Mendelssohn: Letters, edited by G. Selden-Goth". Commentary Magazine. 1945-11-01. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ Loesser, Arthur; Selden-Goth, Gisella (1964). "Ferruccio Busoni". Notes. 21 (3): 362. doi: 10.2307/894499. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 894499.
- ^ a b Melos (in German). B. Schott's Söhne. 1920.
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Gisela Schlesinger Selden-Goth (6 June 1884 - 5 September 1975) [1] was a Hungarian author, composer [2] and musicologist who became an American citizen in 1939. [3] She composed at least four string quartets [4] and donated her large collection of original music manuscripts to the Library of Congress. [5] Her writing and musical compositions were published under the name Gisela Selden-Goth.
Biography
Selden-Goth was born in Budapest to Michael and Rosalia Schlesinger. [6] Her music teachers included Bela Bartok, Ferruccio Busoni, and Istvan Thoman. [4] [7] Her piano composition was one of 10 winners (out of 874 submissions) in the 1910 Signals for the Musical World competition in Germany. [8] She married Ernst Goth and they had a daughter, Trudy Goth, who became a dancer and journalist. [9]
Selden-Goth lived in Berlin and Florence, Italy, before emigrating to America in 1938. She returned to Florence in 1950 and remained there until her death in 1975. She served as a music critic for newspapers in Berlin, Prague, Switzerland, and Budapest, most notably for Prager Tagblatt, a German newspaper in Prague. [7] She also wrote books about Busoni and Arturo Toscanini and edited a collection of Felix Mendelssohn’s letters. [4] [10] She maintained a lengthy correspondence with the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, often discussing their mutual interest in collecting original music scores. After Zweig’s suicide, Selden-Goth commented that. . . “A chamber group in a house or the opportunity to hear a good orchestra might have relieved the tension of that mind tortured by personal forebodings and by the vision of mankind in agony.” [7] She also corresponded with composer Ernest Bloch and musicologist Hans Moldenhauer. [11]
Selden-Goth’s music is published today by Universal Edition. [4] Her prose works and musical compositions include:
Selected literary publications
Articles
- “A New Collection of Music Manuscripts in the United States” (The Music Quarterly vol 26 no 2 Apr 1940) [12]
- “Neue Wege der musikalischen Erziehung” (New Ways in Music Education) Die Musik vol 16 1924 [13]
Bibliography
- Arturo Toscanini (edited by Selden-Goth) [10]
- Felix Mendelssohn: Letters (edited by Selden-Goth) [14]
- Ferruccio Busoni: Der Versuch Eines Porträts (Ferruccio Busoni: An Attempt at a Portrait) [15]
Selected music works
Chamber music
- Quintet, opus 35 (for strings) [16]
- String Quartets No. 1, 2, 3, and 4 [4]
- String Trio [4]
- Suite for Violin and Piano [4]
Piano
Vocal music
- Book of Monastic Life, opus 44 (text from Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke) [16]
- Cantata [4]
- Songs [4]
- The Pilgrim (baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra) [4]
References
- ^ "Universal Edition". www.universaledition.com. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ Selden-Goth, Gisela. "New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
- ^ "Gisella Selden-Goth Collection", Performing Arts Encyclopedia, 1726–1940, retrieved 18 Oct 2022
- ^ "Gisela Goth". geni_family_tree. 6 June 1884. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ a b c Selden Goth, Gisella. "s22". casastefanzweig.org.br. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^
a
b Blanchet, Emile; Szymanowski, Karol; Gruenberg, Louis; Renner, Willy; Selden-Goth, Gisella; Bonis, Mél; Neitzel, Otto; Nováček, Rudolf; Röntgen, Julius (1910).
"Zehn Preiskompositionen für Klavier die beim Preisausschreiben der".
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - ^ "TRUDY GOTH DIES; WRITER ON DANCE". The New York Times. 1974-05-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ a b Dyment, Christopher (2012). Toscanini in Britain. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-789-3.
- ^ "Selden-Goth, Gisella, 1884-1975 - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ Selden-Goth, Gisella (1940). "A New Collection of Music Manuscripts in the United States". The Musical Quarterly. 26 (2): 175–185. doi: 10.1093/mq/XXVI.2.175. ISSN 0027-4631. JSTOR 738845.
- ^ Selden-Goth, Gisella (1924). "Neue Wege der musikalischen Erziehung". Die Musik vol 16. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ "Felix Mendelssohn: Letters, edited by G. Selden-Goth". Commentary Magazine. 1945-11-01. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ^ Loesser, Arthur; Selden-Goth, Gisella (1964). "Ferruccio Busoni". Notes. 21 (3): 362. doi: 10.2307/894499. ISSN 0027-4380. JSTOR 894499.
- ^ a b Melos (in German). B. Schott's Söhne. 1920.