Music in the Holocaust : confronting life in the Nazi ghettos and camps / Shirli Gilbert.
| Author/creator |
Gilbert, Shirli |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Description | xii, 243 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Oxford historical monographs Oxford historical monographs. ^A226341 |
| Contents | Introduction: redeeming music: "spiritual resistance" and beyond -- "Have compassion, Jewish hearts": music in the Warsaw ghetto -- Vilna: politicians and partisans -- Songs confront the past: life in Sachsenhausen -- Fragments of humanity: music in Auschwitz. |
| Abstract | This book provides the first large-scale, critical account in English of the role of music amongst communities imprisoned under Nazism. She documents a wide scope of musical activities, ranging from orchestras and chamber groups to choirs, theatres, communal sing-songs, and cabarets, in some of the most important internment centres in Nazi-occupied Europe, including Auschwitz and the Warsaw and Vilna ghettos. The author is also concerned with exploring the ways in which music--particularly the many songs that were preserved--contribute to our broader understanding of the Holocaust and the experiences of its victims. This book is, at its core, a social history, taking as its focus the lives of individuals and communities imprisoned under Nazism. Music opens a unique window on to the internal world of those communities, offering insight into how they understood, interpreted, and responded to their experiences at the time. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index. |
| ISBN | 0199277974 (cased) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3776 .G55 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |