Music at World's End by Arni Heimir Ingolfsson (Hardback Book)

Name: Music at World's End by Arni Heimir Ingolfsson (Hardback Book)
Brand: State University of New York Press

State University of New York Press

A fascinating story of how three musicians, who escaped the Nazis, inspired Iceland's modern classical music.\nIn Iceland in the 1930s, classical music was only beginning to be seriously practiced, at the same time when musicians of Jewish heritage were fleeing Nazi Germany and Austria. Despite the country's strict immigration policy, three outstanding young musicians were allowed to settle there: Robert Abraham, Heinz Edelstein, and Victor Urbancic. Their influence on Iceland's music scene as conductors, instrumentalists, teachers, and scholars proved invaluable. In Music at World's End, the first in-depth study of the lives and careers of these three musicians, musicologist \u00C1rni Ing\u00F3lfsson examines their formative years in Germany and Austria, their dramatic escapes from the Nazi regime,\n\nMusic at World's End\nThree Exiled Musicians from Nazi Germany and Austria and Their Contribution to Music in Iceland\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is availabl;