Mozart and the Nazis : how the Third Reich abused a cultural icon /

Despite the apparent incompatibility between Mozart's humanitarian and cosmopolitan outlook and Nazi ideology, the Third Reich tenaciously promoted the great composer's music to further the goals of the fascist regime. In this revelatory book, Erik Levi draws on period articles, diaries, s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levi, Erik (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, > 1756-1791.
1900-1999
National socialism and music.
Music and state > Germany > History > 20th century.
Music > Political aspects > Germany > History > 20th century.
Nazisme et musique.
Musique > Politique gouvernementale > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Musique > Aspect politique > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Music and state.
Music > Political aspects.
musique > national-socialisme > Allemagne > 1933 > 1945.
national-socialisme > Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.
Germany.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : 1931, a Mozart year
  • Der deutsche Mozart
  • Mozart and the Freemasons : a Nazi problem
  • Aryanising Mozart
  • The Mozart diaspora
  • 'True humanitarian music' : exiled writers on Mozart
  • Mozart performance and propaganda : from the Anschluss to the end of World War II
  • Mozart serves German imperialism
  • Epilogue : Nazi legacies.

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