Re: Concentration Camp music/musicians

[Judy Ginsburgh <jerd...>]

Janet,

Thanks for the useful info.

Judy : )

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> From: Janet(dot)PAPE (at) oecd(dot)org
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: Concentration Camp music/musicians
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 1997 4:36 AM
> 
> There is a CD entitled (I think) "Music from the Camp of Terezin"  it is
> a European label.
> 
> Your student might be interested in the works of 4 composers who
> composed music during their internment at this camp.  The most widely
> played are the works of Victor Ullmann, who was a gifted composer.  His
> chamber opera, "Der Kaiser von Atlantis" has recently been performed
> numerous times here in Paris, and I know it made a tour of Europe.  It
> is an extremely ironic piece, written under great duress at Terezin,
> well worth listening to, even for a 6th grader.  (It isn't long, but you
> must have a translation in front of you.)  There are 2 CD recordings of
> it on the market.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Janet Pape
> janet(dot)pape (at) oecd(dot)org