The Degenerates: Music Suppressed by the Nazis

The Degenerates: Music Suppressed by the Nazis

By Joshua Weilerstein

From the end of WWI until 1933, classical music in Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe was flourishing, with composers such as Zemlinsky, Weill, Krenek, Korngold, Schreker, Schulhoff, Haas, Krasa, and Ullmann writing spectacularly innovative and thrilling music. The Nazis exiled or murdered many of these musicians while in power, but their music lives on. I've never found researching an episode so moving, enraging, and inspiring. Join us this week in this journey of rediscovery - you won't regret it!

The Degenerates: Music Suppressed by the Nazis
The Degenerates: Music Suppressed by the Nazis
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