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Article: Franz Rosenzweig and Religious Music.
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- Judaism
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- September 22, 2000
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IT IS ALMOST LUDICROUS TO THINK OF THE GREAT FRANZ Rosenzweig as a mere reviewer of phonograph records. The author of the masterpiece "Star of Redemption" can hardly be conceived of as a journeyman music critic for a semi-popular magazine. But he was, at least for several years toward the very end of his life.
That, too, defies expectations. As Rosenzweig lost more and more of his physical powers to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease), to which he finally succumbed in 1929, he could communicate (through his wife) only with eye movements. And precisely then, apparently, he light-heartedly evaluated a number of performances heard in the new medium ...
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