Composers of the Nazi era

Description

"How does creativity thrive in the face of fascism? How can a highly artistic individual function professionally in so threatening a climate?" "Here, historian Michael H. Kater provides a detailed study of the often interrelated careers of eight prominent German composers who lived and worked amid the dictatorship of the Third Reich, or were driven into exile by it.". "Kater weighs issues of accommodation and resistance to ask whether these artists corrupted themselves in the service of a criminal regime - and if so, whether this may be discerned from their music."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Werner Joseph Mayer was born in 1901 in the Swabian village of Auchsesheim, not far from Augsburg, the son of a Catholic and very musical primary-school teacher of solid peasant stock.

Excerpt

Werner Joseph Mayer was born in 1901 in the Swabian village of Auchsesheim, not far from Augsburg, the son of a Catholic and very musical primary-school teacher of solid peasant stock.

Subjects

Genres

• Biography.

Other Editions

• Composers of the Nazi era: eight portraitsOxford University Press2000-01-01
• Composers of the Nazi EraOxford University Press, USA1999-11-15
• Composers of the Nazi EraOxford University Press, USA2002-01-10