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Driven into Paradise: The Musical Migration from Nazi Germany to the United States
Reinhold Brinkmann (Ed.)
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Hardback. Many artists and scholars were forced to migrate from Nazi Germany. Their story is twofold, of impoverishment for the countries the musicians left behind and enrichment for the United States. The latter is the focus of this collection, which approaches the subject from diverse perspectives. Editor(s): Brinkmann, Reinhold; Wolff, Christoph. Series: Roth Family Foundation Music in America Book. Num Pages: 386 pages, 7 music examples , 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AV; HBJD; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
The forced migration of artists and scholars from Nazi Germany is a compelling and often wrenching story. The story is twofold, of impoverishment for the countries the musicians left behind and enrichment for the United States. The latter is the focus of this eminent collection, which approaches the subject from diverse perspectives, including documentary-style newspaper accounts and an exploration of Walt Whitman's poetry in the work of Paul Hindemith and Kurt Weill. The flood of musical migration from Germany and Austria from 1933 to 1944 had a lasting impact. Hundreds of musicians and musicologists came to the United States and ... Read more
The forced migration of artists and scholars from Nazi Germany is a compelling and often wrenching story. The story is twofold, of impoverishment for the countries the musicians left behind and enrichment for the United States. The latter is the focus of this eminent collection, which approaches the subject from diverse perspectives, including documentary-style newspaper accounts and an exploration of Walt Whitman's poetry in the work of Paul Hindemith and Kurt Weill. The flood of musical migration from Germany and Austria from 1933 to 1944 had a lasting impact. Hundreds of musicians and musicologists came to the United States and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
Series
Roth Family Foundation Music in America Book
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520214132
SKU
V9780520214132
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About Reinhold Brinkmann (Ed.)
Reinhold Brinkmann is Professor of Music at Harvard University and has written extensively on Schoenberg, Brahms, and Wagner. Christoph Wolff is Professor of Music at Harvard University and is the author of Mozart's Requiem (California, 1993), among other works.
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