Werner Egk : the enigmatic opportunist -- Paul Hindemith : the reluctant emigré -- Kurt Weill : a survivor on two continents -- Karl Amadeus Hartmann : the composer as dissident -- Carl Orff : man of legend -- Hans Pfitzner : Magister Teutonicus Miser -- Arnold Schoenberg : musician of contrasts -- Richard Strauss : Jupiter compromised
Summary:
A detailed study of the often interrelated careers of eight outstanding German composers who lived and worked amid the dictatorship of the Third Reich: Werner Egk, Paul Hindemith, Kurt Weill, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Carl Orff, Hans Pfitzner, Arnold Schoenberg, and Richard Strauss.
