The devil's music master : the controversial life and career of Wilhelm Furtwangler / Sam H. Shirakawa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shirakawa, Sam H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954.

Furtwängler, Wilhelm.

Conductors (Music)--Germany--Biography.

Conductors (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (541 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From 1922 until his death in 1954, Wilhelm Furtwangler was the foremost cultural music figure of the German-speaking world, conductor of both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras. But a cloud still hangs over his reputation, despite his undeniable brilliance as a musician, because of a fatal and tragic decision. Wilhelm Furtwangler remained in Germany when thousands of intellectuals and artists fled after the Nazis seized power in 1933. His decision to stay behind earned him lasting condemnation as a Nazi collaborator--""The Devil's Music Master."" Decades after his death, Furtwangler

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1 With Music Empowered; 2 Mannheim; 3 Berlin; 4 America; 5 Successes and Conquests; 6 Decisions; 7 Weimar and the Third Reich; Illustrations; 8 Nazimania; 9 Prometheus Agonistes; 10 Staatsrat; 11 The Hindemith Scandal; 12 Another Scandal; 13 A Meeting of Minds; 14 Devilish Duties-I; 15 Devilish Duties-II; 16 The Devil's Birthday; 17 Trial by Patience; 18 Day of Reckoning; 19 Trial by Endurance; 20 Autumn Fires; 21 The Tristan Recording; 22 The Studio Recordings; 23 The Live Recordings I: The War Recordings; 24 The Live Recordings II: Ring Cycles and Cyclical Issues; 25 Eroica

26 Coda: A Dominant NinthIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-280-59351-2

9786613623348

0-19-976294-5

OCLC:

781639136