Music of Exile: The Untold Story of the Composers Who Fled Hitler

Puntos clave

• Examine the historical impact, artistic contributions, and historiographical treatment of European composers forced into exile during the Nazi regime.
• Historical and musicological analysis of twentieth-century émigré composers who fled Nazi Germany.
• Critical re-evaluation of dominant historiographical narratives centered narrowly on the modernist avant-garde.
• Demonstrates how geographical displacement challenged monolithic narratives of modernist musical progress.
• Broadens the historical understanding of twentieth-century music by contextualizing the diverse aesthetic contributions of exiled composers.