Abstract
The article deals with the musical activities of the exile organisation Free German League of Culture that was active in the UK during the time of the Second World War, focusing in particular on Ernst Hermann Meyer's role in these activities. The history of the League (especially its musical dimension) has received rather scant attention from scholars, in part because of the lack of access to the materials that were transferred to East Germany after the war. I offer several explanations for the focus of the musical events of the League on the Austro-German canonical music at the expense of modernist music, much of which was written by (Jewish) composers who were forced into exile. Particularly significant was the communist core of the League in advancing ideological positions that foreshadowed debates about nationalism and race in postwar Germany.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Music and Exile |
| Subtitle of host publication | From 1933 to the Present Day |
| Editors | Jutta Raab Hansen, Malcolm Miller |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Pages | 94-112 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004544109 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies |
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| Volume | 22 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1388-3720 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Florian Scheding, 2023.