What percentage of Classical composers were of Jewish ancestry?

Answer 1

Some of my favorite composers were Jewish, including my ultimate favorite, Gustav Mahler, and I also love the music from Felix Mendelssohn.

"Among the leading classical composers, the Jewish representation is only about ten percent"
(I have no idea how they came up with this.)

Here's a list of Jewish Composers:
Charles Alkan
David Amram
Milton Babbitt
Leonard Bernstein
Marc Blitzstein
Ernest Bloch
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Aaron Copland
Richard Danielpour
David Diamond
Paul Dukas
Hanns Eisler 1
Lukas Foss
Hans Gál
George Gershwin
Philip Glass
Osvaldo Golijov
Louis Moreau Gottschalk 2
Morton Gould
Jacques Halévy
Mauricio Kagel
Emmerich Kalman
Aaron Jay Kernis
Leon Kirchner
Erich Korngold
Fritz Kreisler 3
György Kurtág 4
György Ligeti
Gustav Mahler
Felix Mendelssohn
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Darius Milhaud
Jacques Offenbach
Shulamit Ran
Steve Reich
George Rochberg
Alfred Schnittke 5
Arnold Schoenberg
Franz Schreker 6
William Schuman
Robert Starer
Oscar Straus
Ernest Toch
Emil Waldteufel
Kurt Weill
Henryk (Henri) Wieniawski

Answer 2

Jewish Classical Composers

Answer 3

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What percentage of Classical composers were of Jewish ancestry?

Answer 4

No, most composers were NOT Jewish. In fact, there are very few Jewish composers at all before the 19th century due to anti-Jewish feelings and marginalisation that was rife for several centuries in Europe. Although one can name non-Jewish composers from the 10th century onwards, it was not until 900 years later that Jews were accepted enough to be accepted into schools, colleges and universities to practise as musicians. The earliest Jewsish composers are Meyerbeer (b 1791), Halévy (b 1799) and Mendelssohn (b 1809 - who was not a practising Jew). You already have some pointers for Stravinsky. You will find all the information you need on him just by using a search engine.

Answer 5

I've no idea, but I do know that Mendelssohn and Mahler were both Jewish - hence their music being banned by the Nazis.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

The more money in it the bigger percentage of Jews in it!!!