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The Political Orchestra - The Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics during the Third Reich (Hardcover)
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The Political Orchestra - The Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics during the Third Reich (Hardcover)
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This is a groundbreaking study of the prestigious Berlin and Vienna
Philharmonics during the Third Reich. Making extensive use of
archival material, including some discussed here for the very first
time, Fritz Tr mpi offers new insight into the orchestras' place in
the larger political constellation. Tr mpi looks first at the
decades preceding National Socialist rule, when the competing
orchestras, whose rivalry mirrored a larger rivalry between Berlin
and Vienna, were called on to represent "superior" Austro-German
music and were integrated into the administrative and social
structures of their respective cities becoming vulnerable to
political manipulation in the process. He then turns to the Nazi
period, when the orchestras came to play a major role. As he shows,
each philharmonic, in its own unique way, became a tool of soft
power by showcasing Germanic culture through the mass media,
performances for troops and the general public, and fictional
representations in literature and film. Accompanying these
propaganda efforts was an increasing radicalization of the
orchestras, which ranged from the dismissal of Jewish members to
the programming of ideologically appropriate repertory all in the
name of racial and cultural purity. Richly documented and
refreshingly nuanced, The Political Orchestra is a bold exploration
of the ties between music and politics under fascism.
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