Klarinet Archive - Posting 000152.txt from 2005/11

From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] Conversion
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:06:12 -0500

Most curious. Would you happen to know why, in Vienna, he would become
a Lutheran, rather than a Roman Catholic?

--Joe

On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 10:49, Mark wrote:
> And what about Arnold Schoenberg?
> He was born into a Jewish family, in Vienna. At 24 he converted to
> Lutheranism and at 59 converted back to Judaism (in Paris) and stuck
> with it. Time is tricky. Perhaps if Mahler had lived longer he would
> have converted back.
>
> Mark Gustavson

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