Abstract

The author analyzes the one which is, in his opinion, the more neglected, and paradoxically more original section of the complex history of the Austrian Working Bildung, between the end of Nineteenth century and 1934. He especially focuses on the figure of David Josef Bach, musical critic of the «Arbeiter-Zeitung», the daily newspaper of the Social Democratic Party of Austria. Furthermore, he focuses on Bach’s tireless activity as a concerts organizer for the Austrian workers between 1905 and 1934, year in which the rise of Austrofascism implied the dissolution of the Social Democratic Party and gave an end to this experience of musical divulgation