Anneliese Landau's Life in Music - Nazi Germany to Émigré California

A detailed and moving account of the life of Anneliese Landau, who, in Nazi Germany and later in émigré California, fought against prejudice to do notable work in music.

List of contents

Preface: The Black Thread
PART 1
Standing Up
Loss and Gain
Her Belin
On the Air
PART 2
An End and a Beginning
The Jewish Culture League
Jewish Music in Nazi Germany
Kristallnacht
Kindertransport
PART 3
Leaving Again
Judaism in Music Revisited
Forbidden Music
The Pull West
PART 4
The Jewish Community Center
International Composers
Making Music After War
A Cold War in the Sun
Spotlighting Composers
Back to Europe
PART 5
Going Place
Valley of the Dismissed?
At Her Desk
In Memoriam
Conclusion: "I Was There"
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Lily E. Hirsch

Summary

A detailed and moving account of the life of Anneliese Landau, who, in Nazi Germany and later in émigré California, fought against prejudice to do notable work in music.

Product details

• Authors: Lily Hirsch, Lily (Royalty Account) Hirsch, Lily E. Hirsch
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781580469517
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-951-7
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous