Mozart and the Nazis : how the Third Reich abused a cultural icon / Erik Levi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levi, Erik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.

National socialism and music.

Music and state--Germany--History--20th century.

Music and state.

Music--Political aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 324 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite the apparent incompatibility between Mozart's humanitarian and cosmopolitan outlook and Nazi ideology, the Third Reich tenaciously promoted the great composer's music to further the goals of the fascist regime. In this revelatory book, Erik Levi draws on period articles, diaries, speeches, and other archival materials to provide a new understanding of how the Nazis shamelessly manipulated Mozart for their own political advantage. The book also explores the continued Jewish veneration of the composer during this period while also highlighting some of the disturbing legacies of Mozart reception that resulted from Nazi appropriation of his work. Augmented by rare contemporary illustrations, Mozart and the Nazis will be widely welcomed by readers with interests in music, German history, Holocaust studies, propaganda, and politics in the twentieth century.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Prologue: 1931, a Mozart year

2. Der deutsche Mozart

3. Mozart and the Freemasons: a Nazi problem

4. Aryanising Mozart

5. The Mozart diaspora

6. 'True humanitarian music': exiled writers on Mozart

7. Mozart performance and propaganda

8. Mozart serves German imperialism

9. Epilogue: Nazi legacies

Appendix I: Address by Baldur von Schirach, Vienna, 28 November 1941

Appendix II: Address by Joseph Goebbels, Vienna, 4 December 1941

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780300165814

0300165811

OCLC:

953660930