Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Music and Exile
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2023) 94-112
Keywords:
Meyer, Ernst Hermann,
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Freier Deutscher Kulturbund in Grossbritannien
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Jewish musicians
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Jewish refugees
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Return migrants
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Communism and music
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Antisemitism
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Antisemitism
Abstract:
The article deals with the musical activities of the exile organisation Free German League of Culture that was active in the UK during the time of the Second World War, focusing in particular on Ernst Hermann Meyer’s role in these activities. The history of the League (especially its musical dimension) has received rather scant attention from scholars, in part because of the lack of access to the materials that were transferred to East Germany after the war. I offer several explanations for the focus of the musical events of the League on the Austro-German musical canon at the expense of modernist music, much of which was written by Jewish composers who were forced into exile. Particularly significant was the communist core of the League in advancing ideological positions that foreshadowed debates about nationalism and race in postwar East Germany.
DOI:
10.1163/9789004544109_007
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