Robert Kahn was born in Mannheim in 1865 and died in Biddenden, Kent in 1951. Kahn became an influential professor of music at the Berlin Hochschule and before that had his works performed by the Joachim Quartet and the Berlin Philharmonic under Hans von Bulow. He avoided large scale romantic forms and became famed for his songs, choral works, chamber music and the huge Tagebuch in Tonen, (Music from the Tree of Life) a collection of solo piano works, suites for piano and lieder that run to over 1100 pieces. Branded degenerate’ by the National Socialists, he was thrown out of his teaching positions and, in 1937, he left for the UK, settling in Kent and composing right up to his death. This album is a fascinating introduction to a composer that political extremism and hatred tried and failed to erase.
| Track | Track name | Artist | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track 1 | No. 1. Romanze | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 2 | ..s Ist Ein So Stiller Heil’ger Tag | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 3 | Novemberfeier | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 4 | Idyll | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 5 | Liebestrost | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 6 | No. 500 in A-flat Major ‘Variations On No. 1’ | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 7 | No. 3 in C-sharp Minor | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 8 | No. 4 in C-sharp Minor | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 9 | No. 5 in F Minor | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 10 | No. 53 in E Major | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 11 | No. 473-475. Jeanne Suite, 473a | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 12 | No. 473-475. Jeanne Suite, 473b | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 13 | No. 473-475. Jeanne Suite, 473c | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 14 | No. 473-475. Jeanne Suite, 474 | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 15 | No. 473-475. Jeanne Suite, 475 | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 16 | Liebesbrief | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 17 | Die Unke | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 18 | Feuerbestattung | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 19 | Gebet | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 20 | I. Allegro Non Troppo | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 21 | II. Presto Assai | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 22 | III. Andante Sostenuto | Ensemble Emigre | |
| Track 23 | IV. Allegro Agitato | Ensemble Emigre |




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