The twisted muse : musicians and their music in the Third Reich / Michael H. Kater.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kater, Michael H., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Music and state.

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

Music.

National socialism and music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Under a totalitarian regime, can art and artists be innocent? This questions and its implications are explored in Michael Kater's broad survey of musicians, and the music they composed and performed during the Third Reich.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 NATIONAL SOCIALISM, THE THIRD REICH, AND THE MUSIC SCENE; Music, Economics, and Political Opportunism; Nazi Agencies of Music Administration; Nazi Musical Careers; 2 MUSICAL PROFESSIONALISM AND POLITICAL COMPROMISE; Hitler's Bias: Knappertsbusch and His Nemesis Krauss; Political Allegiance and Career Enhancement; 3 PERSECUTED AND EXILED JEWISH AND ANTI-NAZI MUSICIANS; Nazi Anti-Semitic Policy in the Music Sector; Jewish Musicians under Nazi Rule; Jewish Flight and Exile; Exiled Non-Jewish Musicians; 4 MUSIC IN THE INSTITUTIONS

Family, School, and Hitler YouthThe Academies and the Protestant Church; 5 DISSONANCE AND DEVIANCE; The Nazi Struggle for Modernity in Music; The Ambiguities of Dissidence: Orff, Wagner-Régeny, and Furtwängler; Balancing Acts: Strauss and Pfitzner; Forms of Resistance; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-34680-2

9786611346805

0-19-535107-X

1-60256-399-3

OCLC:

171572371