Paul Eugen Max Bekker (September 11, 1882 in Berlin – March 7, 1937 in New York) was a German music critic of the early twentieth century.
Bekker was born in 1882 as the only child of Hirsch Nachmann Michel Bekker and Olga Elsner. He studied piano with Alfred Sormann, theory with Benno Horwitz, and violin with Fabian Rehfeld. He began his career as a violinist in the Berlin Philharmonic, before employment as a conductor between 1902 and 1905. He ceased playing violin professionally in 1906, although continued to give lessons privately.After Bekker stopped professional performance he began music criticism, publishing monographs on Oskar Fried (1906/7) and Jacques Offenbach (1909), as well as a successful book on Beethoven in 1911. The work on Beethoven brought him to national prominence and earned him a position at the Frankfurter Zeitung.In 1916 he published Das deutsche Musikleben, considered by Carl Dahlhaus to be a seminal work in music sociology. Two concepts introduced in that work are the idea of "form" and of music as a "socially formative force" (gesellschaftbildende Kraft). In his 1918 work Die Sinfonie von Beethoven bis Mahler, Bekker developed the idea that symphony had a "community-building force" (gemeinschaftbildende Kraft). This concept was influential in Russia via Boris Asafyev, and was drawn on by Theodor Adorno in his essay "Radio Physiognomics".Bekker fled Germany for Paris after Hitler's rise to power, and emigrated to New York in 1934, where he died in 1937.Bekker married three times: to Dora Zelle between 1909 and 1920, to Hanna vom Rath between 1920 and 1930, and to Margit Reinhard from 1935 until his death. He had one child with Zelle and three with Rath.The music library of Yale University houses the Paul Bekker Collection, which contains Bekker's correspondence, documents, photographs, printed scores, and manuscripts, given to Yale by the wife of Bekker's eldest son, Konrad.
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Some of their strengths
Paul Bekker has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Confident, Organized, Passionate, Brave, Smart, Sophisticated, and Kind.
Smart and Sophisticated
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Adaptable and Versatile
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Independent and Organized
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A person who is curious and a loves learning, who seems to always know what to say, who has an optimism that can overcome any difficult situation, and who seems to be able to master almost any skill.
Inquisitive and Progressive
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They are also someone who is confident and creative, and who has a love for starting new projects, inventing new things, and giving back to the community.
Altruistic and Purposeful
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Paul Bekker tends to be someone who has a desire to be of service to a higher calling and who is always trying to perfect things. Who can be practical and polished, reserved and methodical, and who tends to trust internal judgment before trusting anyone else at face value.
Some of Paul Bekker's challenges
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For example, Paul Bekker can be Difficult, Perfectionist, Domineering, Impatient, Temperamental, Irresponsible, and Blunt.
Difficult and Perfectionist
One of Paul Bekker's key challenges is that they are someone who can be difficult and too much of a perfectionist.
Domineering and Impatient
Paul Bekker is someone who can be demanding, egotistical, and controlling, can have a lack of judgment regarding personal finances, be argumentative and stubborn, and who can have a tendency to be withdrawn and spend time in self-imposed isolation.
Critical and Bossy
Finally, Paul Bekker also can be too focused on the small details of life, try to control whatever is happening, and be finicky and demanding.
