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Article: A Witness to the Existence of God: Music in the Work of Abraham J. Heschel.
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- September 22, 2000
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ABRAHAM HESCHEL [1] BEGAN TEACHING AT NEW YORK'S Jewish Theological Seminary in 1945. A short time later he married Sylvia Straus, a pianist whom he had already met in Cincinnati. Sylvia Straus, "a sensible, religious woman," had studied philosophy and literature. On the recommendation of Arthur Rubinstein she had become a master student of Eduard Steuermann (1892-1964), a Jew of Polish descent who had studied piano with Busoni, composition with Schoenberg and was affiliated with the New Vienna School. [2] Heschel began to write theological texts only after his marriage to Sylvia. His daughter Susannah describes the influence Sylvia Straus had on her husband's ...