Composers of the Nazi era : eight portraits

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Title:

Composers of the Nazi era : eight portraits

Author:

Kater, Michael H., 1937-

Personal Author:

Kater, Michael H., 1937-

Publication Information:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Physical Description:

xiii, 399 pages ; 24 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

Werner Egk : the enigmatic opportunist -- Paul Hindemith : the reluctant emigré -- Kurt Weill : a survivor on two continents -- Karl Amadeus Hartmann : the composer as dissident -- Carl Orff : man of legend -- Hans Pfitzner : Magister Teutonicus Miser -- Arnold Schoenberg : musician of contrasts -- Richard Strauss : Jupiter compromised.

Reading Level:

1850 Lexile.

Subject Term:

Composers -- Germany -- Biography.

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

National socialism.

National socialism and music.

Composers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.

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

ISBN:

9780195099249

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