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Academic

Recent Publications:

'Music as Mirror: Reflections of Biography and Identity in the Music of Louis Lewandowski', in Jewishness, Jewish Identity and Music Culture in 19th-Century Europe (Ad Parnassum Studies 2020)

Music and Letters Book Review, Composing Capital, Classical Music in the Neoliberal Era (2020)

'The British Symphony Orchestra and the Arts Council of Great Britain, Examining the Orchestra in its Economic and Institutional Environments', book chapter in Oxford University Press volume Global Perspectives on Orchestras (2017).

The December 2013 issue of 'The Musical Times' includes Benjamin's article,'The SPNM 1943 - 1975: a retrospective'. Details can be found here.

Recent conference papers have explored the Musicians' Union (Glasgow 2016), nineteenth-century Jewish choral music (Leeds 2015), the life of Louis Lewandowski (Rome 2015), the career of Alick Maclean (NABMSA 2014), Ewan MacColl's 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' (Popmac 2013), the place of new opera at the Royal Opera House in the post-war period (NABMSA 2012), and British attitudes to censorship after the Second World War (RMA/King's College London, 2012).

Benjamin Wolf's PhD thesis is available for download from the British Library's Ethos system. You can find it here. If you have any problems please use the contact form on this website.

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Composition

Here are some samples of Benjamin Wolf playing the piano:

'Kaddish' by Ravel, performed by Marc Finer and Benjamin Wolf

A Frayer Foigl, performed by Ruti Halvani and Benjamin Wolf

Benjamin Wolf's website. Copyright Benjamin Wolf 2014. Benjamin Wolf is a musician and academic specialising in Jewish classical music and the study of the promotion of new classical music in the twentieth century. He regularly performs as conductor, pianist and singer, and also works as a composer. He works primarily with the Zemel Choir, Royal Free Music Society, Wallace Ensemble, Choir of Belsize Square Synagogue, bOYbershop (the Jewish barbershop quartet) and with various singers and instrumentalists. You can find details here of his performances, recordings, compositions and research. Click to purchase music from CDBaby, and for contact information.