Mozart and the Nazis

2011-02-01 Music

Author : Erik Levi
Release : 2011-02-01
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 811/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Mozart and the Nazis written by Erik Levi. This book was released on 2011-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A music historian uncovers Nazi Germany’s use of Mozart as a WWII propaganda tool in this “intriguing study [that] comprehends a range of vital topics” (Choice). As the Nazi war machine expanded its bloody ambitions across Europe, the Third Reich sought to promote a sophisticated and even humanitarian image of German culture through the tireless promotion of Mozart’s music. In this revelatory book, Erik Levi draws on World War II era articles, diaries, speeches, and other archival materials to provide a new understanding of how the Nazis shamelessly manipulated Mozart for their own political advantage. Mozart and the Nazis also explores the continued Jewish veneration of the composer during this period while also highlighting some of the disturbing legacies that resulted from the Nazi appropriation of his work. Enhanced by rare contemporary illustrations, Mozart and the Nazis is a fascinating addition to the study of music history, World War II propaganda, and twentieth century politics.

The Mozart Question

2015-11 Children's stories

Author : Michael Morpurgo
Release : 2015-11
Genre : Children's stories
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 396/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Mozart Question written by Michael Morpurgo. This book was released on 2015-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young journalist goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist, who tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart.

Music in the Third Reich

1996-04-15 History

Author : Erik Levi
Release : 1996-04-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 828/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Music in the Third Reich written by Erik Levi. This book was released on 1996-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this authoritative study, one of the first to appear in English, Erik Levi explores the ambiguous relationship between music and politics during one of the darkest periods of recent cultural history. Utilising material drawn from contemporary documents, journals and newspapers, he traces the evolution of reactionary musical attitudes which were exploited by the Nazis in the final years of the Weimar Republic, chronicles the mechanisms that were established after 1933 to regiment musical life throughout Germany and the occupied territories, and examines the degree to which the climate of xenophobia, racism and anti-modernism affected the dissemination of music either in the opera house and concert hall, or on the radio and in the media.

Inhumanities

2015-05-14 History

Author : David B. Dennis
Release : 2015-05-14
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 859/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Inhumanities written by David B. Dennis. This book was released on 2015-05-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhumanities is an unprecedented account of the ways Nazi Germany manipulated and mobilized European literature, philosophy, painting, sculpture and music in support of its ideological ends. David B. Dennis shows how, based on belief that the Third Reich represented the culmination of Western civilization, culture became a key propaganda tool in the regime's program of national renewal and its campaign against political, national and racial enemies. Focusing on the daily output of the Völkischer Beobachter, the party's official organ and the most widely circulating German newspaper of the day, he reveals how activists twisted history, biography and aesthetics to fit Nazism's authoritarian, militaristic and anti-Semitic world views. Ranging from National Socialist coverage of Germans such as Luther, Dürer, Goethe, Beethoven, Wagner and Nietzsche to 'great men of the Nordic West' such as Socrates, Leonardo and Michelangelo, Dennis reveals the true extent of the regime's ambitious attempt to reshape the 'German mind'.

Saving Mozart

2013-11-14 Fiction

Author : Raphaël Jerusalmy
Release : 2013-11-14
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 968/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Saving Mozart written by Raphaël Jerusalmy. This book was released on 2013-11-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raphaël Jerusalmy's debut novel takes the form of the journal of Otto J. Steiner, a former music critic of Jewish descent suffering from tuberculosis in a Salzburg sanatorium in 1939. Drained by his illness and isolated in the gloomy sanatorium, Steiner finds solace only in music. He is horrified to learn that the Nazis' are transforming a Mozart festival into a fascist event. Steiner feels helpless at first, but an invitation from a friend presents him with an opportunity to fight back. Under the guise of organizing a concert for Nazi officials, Steiner formulates a plan to save Mozart that could dramatically change the course of the war.

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