The Degenerates: Music Suppressed by the Nazis

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

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🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

From the end of WWI until 1933, classical music in Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe was flourishing, with composers such as Zemlinsky, Weill, Krenek, Korngold, Schreker, Schulhoff, Haas, Krasa, and Ullmann writing spectacularly innovative and thrilling music. The Nazis exiled or murdered many of these musicians while in power, but their music lives on. I've never found researching an episode so moving, enraging, and inspiring. Join us this week in this journey of rediscovery - you won't regret it!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, the Classical Music Podcast.
0:08.5	My name is Joshua Weilerstein, I'm a conductor, and I'm the Music Director of the Phoenix
0:12.2	Orchestra of Boston.
0:13.9	This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting
0:17.8	ready to dive in to this amazing world of incredible music.
0:21.6	Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors, Francis, Glen, Zeke,
0:26.2	Bill, Boris, Cassandra, and all of my other Patreon sponsors for making Season 8 possible.
0:33.0	If you'd like to support the show, please head over to patreon.com slash Sticky Notes
0:36.5	Podcast.
0:37.5	And if you are a fan of the show, please just take a moment to give us a rating or review
0:40.4	on Apple Podcasts.
0:42.2	Every rating or review helps more people find the show, and it is greatly appreciated.
0:48.2	This is an episode I released way back in 2017 that I've now almost completely rewritten
0:53.3	featuring new composers and a totally new script, so I feel comfortable calling this
0:57.2	a brand new episode.
0:58.9	It's also, in my opinion, one of the most rewarding episodes I've ever done, as it is one
1:03.3	of those episodes where I learned it just as much as I hope you will when researching it.
1:08.3	I also want to say that I am hugely indebted to the Oral Foundation, founded by James Conlon,
1:13.7	for their remarkable work in uncovering the stories of these composers.
1:18.1	I really hope you enjoyed this episode about the degenerate composers of the Third Reich.
1:23.0	Here we go.
1:35.2	The center of Western classical music, ever since the time of Bach, has been modern-day
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