Musik und 'Drittes Reich', Fallbeispiele 1910 bis 1960 zu Herkunft, Hohepunkt und Nachwirkungen des Nationalsozialismus in der Musik

摘要

Adolf Hitler's predilection for the music of Richard Wagner and his close relationship with the Wagner family, which went as far as asking at least one younger member to use the grotesque sobriquet 'Onkel Wolfi' when addressing him, are well known. Hence it is not surprising that the Nazis made music a central part of their cultural policy. Wagner fitted the bill, not only because of the subject matter of many of his operas, but also because of his anti-Semitism, his pamphlet Das Judentum in der Musik [Jewry in Music] being frequently republished.