A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California - Softcover

Crawford, Dorothy Lamb

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300171234 ISBN 13: 9780300171235

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2011

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Book by Crawford Ms Dorothy Lamb

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"'Ms. Crawford, who has spent much of her working life teaching and making music in Southern California, brings a physical familiarity to her narrative and a keen eye for poignant detail... A Windfall of Musicians is valuable for its account of how the West became a cultural force in America, a rising counterweight to the tradition-stifled East.' (Norman Lebrecht, Wall Street Journal) 'An important contribution... the legacy of these survivors transcends their life stories and continues to shape the cultural landscape to this day.' (Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times)"

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This book is the first to examine the brilliant gathering of composers, conductors, and other musicians who fled Nazi Germany and arrived in the Los Angeles area. Musicologist Dorothy Lamb Crawford looks closely at the lives, creative work, and influence of sixteen performers, fourteen composers, and one opera stage director, who joined this immense migration beginning in the 1930s. Some in this group were famous when they fled Europe, others would gain recognition in the young musical culture of Los Angeles, and still others struggled to establish themselves in an environment often resistant to musical innovation. Emphasizing individual voices, Crawford presents short portraits of Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and the other musicians while also considering their influence as a group-in the film industry, in music institutions in and around Los Angeles, and as teachers who trained the next generation. The book reveals a uniquely vibrant era when Southern California became a hub of unprecedented musical talent.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0300171234
• ISBN 13: 9780300171235
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336