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Author : DANIEL. WELSER-MOEST LEVIN (FRANZ.)
Release : 2021-06-30
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Book Rating : 861/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Violins and Hope by : DANIEL. WELSER-MOEST LEVIN (FRANZ.)
Download or read book Violins and Hope written by DANIEL. WELSER-MOEST LEVIN (FRANZ.). This book was released on 2021-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the story of how violins from the Holocaust now sing in symphony halls.
Author : James A. Grymes
Release : 2014-08-12
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Violins of Hope by : James A. Grymes
Download or read book Violins of Hope written by James A. Grymes. This book was released on 2014-08-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of music, Violins of Hope tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, and the Israeli violin maker dedicated to bringing these inspirational instruments back to life. The violin has formed an important aspect of Jewish culture for centuries, both as a popular instrument with classical Jewish musicians—Jascha Heifetz, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman—and also a central factor of social life as part of the enduring Klezmer tradition. But during the Holocaust, the violin assumed extraordinary new roles within the Jewish community. For some musicians, the instrument was a liberator; for others, it was a savior that spared their lives. For many, the violin provided comfort in mankind’s darkest hour, and, in at least one case, helped avenge murdered family members. Above all, the violins of the Holocaust represented strength and optimism for the future. In Violins of Hope, music historian James A. Grymes tells the amazing, horrifying, and inspiring story of the violins of the Holocaust, and of Amnon Weinstein, the renowned Israeli violinmaker who has devoted the past twenty years to restoring these instruments in tribute to those who were lost, including 400 members of his own family. Juxtaposing tales of individual violins with one man’s harrowing struggle to reconcile his own family’s history and the history of his people, it is a poignant, affecting, and ultimately uplifting look at the Holocaust and its enduring impact.
Author : Kellie D. Brown
Release : 2020-06-11
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 560/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Sound of Hope by : Kellie D. Brown
Download or read book The Sound of Hope written by Kellie D. Brown. This book was released on 2020-06-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since ancient times, music has demonstrated the incomparable ability to touch and resonate with the human spirit as a tool for communication, emotional expression, and as a medium of cultural identity. During World War II, Nazi leadership recognized the power of music and chose to harness it with malevolence, using its power to push their own agenda and systematically stripping it away from the Jewish people and other populations they sought to disempower. But music also emerged as a counterpoint to this hate, withstanding Nazi attempts to exploit or silence it. Artistic expression triumphed under oppressive regimes elsewhere as well, including the horrific siege of Leningrad and in Japanese internment camps in the Pacific. The oppressed stubbornly clung to music, wherever and however they could, to preserve their culture, to uplift the human spirit and to triumph over oppression, even amid incredible tragedy and suffering. This volume draws together the musical connections and individual stories from this tragic time through scholarly literature, diaries, letters, memoirs, compositions, and art pieces. Collectively, they bear witness to the power of music and offer a reminder to humanity of the imperative each faces to not only remember, but to prevent another such cataclysm.
Author : Susan Hood
Release : 2016-05-03
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 955/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ada's Violin by : Susan Hood
Download or read book Ada's Violin written by Susan Hood. This book was released on 2016-05-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A town built on a landfill. A community in need of hope. A girl with a dream. A man with a vision. An ingenious idea.
Author : Shony Alex Braun
Release : 2003-02-19
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 152/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis My Heart Is a Violin by : Shony Alex Braun
Download or read book My Heart Is a Violin written by Shony Alex Braun. This book was released on 2003-02-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the unique and remarkable life of Shony Alex Braun. As a boy of four, he becomes lost in the Transylvanian forest and encounters a group of gypsies who enchant him with their musical instruments. This launches his love and fascination for the violin. He eagerly learns to play the violin, and by age eleven he makes his debut on Radio Bucharest. His dreams of further study are cut short by Nazi oppression and the deportation of him at thirteen and his family to Auschwitz. The violin miraculously saves his life in the death camp of Dachau and then after liberation, the violin brings him back from the brink of death as he recovers from a gunshot wound, blood poisoning, tuberculosis and malnutrition. He meets a charming girl in the recovery hospital and begins a new life with her as his wife in the United States. Shony goes on to become a prolific composer, Hollywood performer, concert soloist and Pulitzer Prize nominee. His faith in God and his courage to survive will inspire you. Shonys loving concern for others with help you realize there is good in the world.
