“But what it looks like in there is nobody’s business.” Exercising music and understanding politics with Hermann Scherchen Cover Image

„Doch wie’s da drin aussieht, geht niemand was an.“ Musikausübung und Politikverständnis bei Hermann Scherchen
“But what it looks like in there is nobody’s business.” Exercising music and understanding politics with Hermann Scherchen

Author(s): Joachim Lucchesi
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, Political history, Social history, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Muzikološki institut SANU
Keywords: scissors; Exile; Music; Politics; working conference 1933;

Summary/Abstract: Using the example of the German conductor Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), it is explained how his public concealment of his own left-wing and anti-fascist position in the years after 1933 led to negative reactions and politically motivated attacks.

  • Issue Year: 2/2015
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 67-81
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: German