The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich

by Michael H. Kater

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Under a totalitarian regime, can art and artists be innocent? This questions and its implications are explored in Michael Kater's broad survey of musicians, and the music they composed and performed during the Third Reich.

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Michael Kater is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the Centre for German and European Studies, York University, Toronto.

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Canonical title
The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich
Original title
The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich
Original publication date
1997
People/Characters
Richard Strauss; Herbert von Karajan; Otto Klemperer; Arnold Schoenberg; Wilhelm Furtwängler; Paul Hindemith (show all 7); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

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Genres
Music, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
DDC/MDS
780.943Arts & recreationMusicMusicBiography And HistoryEuropeGermany & Central Europe
LCC
ML275.5 .K38MusicLiterature on musicLiterature on musicHistory and criticismBy region or country
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English, German
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Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
8