chapter 35.1: music & oppression Flashcards
carl orff (1895 - 1982)
nazis celebrated his music
carmina burana (1936)
drew on stravinsky, folk songs, chant, medieval secular song
nazis came to power (hitler elected as chancellor in this year
1933
franz shreker (1878 - 1934)
jewish austrian composer, said “one cannot make music with hate in one’s heart”
kurt weill (1900 - 1950)
german opera somposer in berlin
ernst krenek (1900 - 1991)
austrian-czech composer, not jewish but was banned by the nazis
soviet goverment controlled ____________
all aspects of the arts
paul hindemith (1895 - 1963)
nazis liked him in 1934, goebbels praised him, then in 1936 he was banned for his new aesthetics
sergey prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
russian composer of operas ballets, and symphonies; ballet romeo and juliet
dmitri shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
spent his entire career within the soviet system