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Profile: Conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler during and after World War II
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); Oct 18, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...he resisted the Nazi campaign against...the BBC. Yet Furtwangler was also a German patriot, in some...high-ranking Nazis, including Hitler...functions. Sometimes Furtwangler did their bidding...sight. That was Furtwangler's way of handling...
The Furtwangler Record.
Notes; Dec 1, 1995; ; 700+ Words ...on Furtwangler's German predecessors, the...contrasting ways in which Furtwangler and Toscanini opposed...blindly condemned Furtwangler for his decision...no doubt regarding Furtwangler's opposition to the Nazis, his protection...
Furtwangler on trial
Opera News; Nov 1, 1996; ; 700+ Words ...came from, considered Germans guilty of the most terrible...authorities did indeed keep Furtwangler waiting. Herbert von Karajan, who joined the Nazi party twice and was...cleared long before Furtwangler. The older conductor...strong case against Furtwangler and in any event wanted...
Tezla inhabits his stage role; Part of the German conductor in `Taking Sides' made for him.(VARIETY)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); Mar 26, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...for him than that of German orchestra conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, whom the Nazis co-opted as their...Beethoven - a specialty of Furtwangler's. He speaks German...against humanity. Much of Furtwangler's dialogue in the drama...
Master or monster? Karajan's Nazi past a discordant note for late conductor.(Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); Apr 3, 2008; ; 700+ Words ...labeled the conductor "a Nazi, a true believer...most of them for the German label Deutsche Grammophon...about whether he was a Nazi. Look, you have characters who were Nazis, or Communist stooges...decision to join the Nazi Party (publicly in 1935...referring to Wilhelm Furtwangler, ...
Can the Holocaust still shock us? Twenty-five years ago German theatres refused to stage `An die Musik' because it told shocking and uncomfortable truths about the Nazi era and the Holocaust. But does it still pack a dramatic punch today? Steve Crawshaw spoke to its creator, Pip Simmons
The Independent - London; Sep 11, 2000; ; 700+ Words ...too sensitive for the Germans to see it. Now, when...to the charming East German town of Weimar, nobody...Schiller, the giants of German literature, lived in...of vile history. The German word for "beech forest...German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler and his relationship with the ...
Politics, Art And The Nazis: `Taking Sides' raises questions about
The Jewish Week; Nov 15, 1996; ; 700+ Words ...exemplars of Nazi German culture...broadcast on German radio was Furtwangler's. After...culture. As Furtwangler, Massey...against alleged Nazis (a separate...individual Germans who come before...really were Nazis, of the card...obsequious Germans usual ...
Nazi-era 'Taking Sides' makes bad choices
Daily Breeze; Sep 19, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...true of their subject, Furtwangler: They end up making...background: By 1930 Furtwangler was considered one of...greatest in the core German/Austrian repertory...Nazidom. He was never a Nazi himself and courageously...confrontation between Furtwangler (a dignified, befuddled...
Obituary: Georgy Sviridov
The Independent - London; Jan 15, 1998; ; 700+ Words ...attitude encouraged by the Communists because it served their political purposes - mirrors very closely Furtwangler's German nationalism under the Nazis, and one can ascribe to both men either moral ambiguity or simple naivety. Sviridov himself put...
Fascinating shades of grey
The Press; Jun 21, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...we begin to see the Nazi uniforms, and hear...than recent films on German figures, like The Pianist...interpreter Dr Wilhelm Furtwangler (Swede Stellan Skarsgard...Nazi collaboration. Furtwangler was a real man -- wartime...Steve has to connect Furtwangler to the Nazi party...
Classical music, political reality and creative dissonance
Chicago Sun-Times; Oct 19, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...Nazification trial of famed German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler. Daniel Barenboim...lifelong admirer of Furtwangler, both as a conductor...stormy episode of the Furtwangler saga: In 1949, the...only to help fight Nazi evil from within...only allowed the Nazis to exploit his ...
A higher standard // Play deals with the moral responsibility of an artist
Chicago Sun-Times; Feb 5, 1998; ; 700+ Words ...She said that the German conductor, considered...more deeply into the Furtwangler case. The result is...extended an invitation to Furtwangler to serve as music director...interested in the case of Furtwangler after reading a newspaper...formally joined the Nazi Party, he chose ...
A major success, but whose side are you on? Powerful: Michael Pennington (left) with David Horovitz in Taking Sides.
The Daily Mail (London, England); Aug 1, 2008; 700+ Words ...Verdict: Art versus the Nazis **** Taking Sides...accused of helping the Nazis. In Taking Sides, he becomes the infamous German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, another artist suspected...many Jews escape from Nazi Germany. Mr Pennington...Frau Strauss. With Furtwangler, we have a ...
Cultrure: Courtroom brilliance; Taking Sides Malvern Festival Theatre.(Features)
The Birmingham Post (England); Feb 12, 2004; 569 Words ...dazzling examination of German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, in his heyday a Nazi...things, including Furtwangler's ego. Was it so...impossible for him to leave Nazi Germany, recognising...propaganda that left the Nazis able to contain him...comes in 1945 when Furtwangler ...
The Featherman File of Noteworthy Items in the Press
Forward; Jun 8, 2001; ; 700+ Words ...performing with the Nazi-sympathizing German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler and staying on as...Not To Mention Soup Nazis: "The Producers...writes. "As for Nazis -- well, in a culture...Holocaust humor or Nazi kitsch." Article...
Orchestral maneuvers in the dark Nazi regime.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald; Oct 3, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...greatest artists for Nazi collaboration. This...conclusions. Wilhelm Furtwangler (Skarsgard) was one...Unfortunately for Furtwangler, from 1934 to 1945...concerts. Although Furtwangler never joined the Nazi...Run"), a Jewish-German American lieutenant...
TAUT `TAKING' ASKS TOUGH QUESTIONS
The Boston Globe; Oct 3, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...Adolf Hitler rose to power, Furtwangler not only chose to remain...Fuhrer's big occasions, and Furtwangler complied. The powerful new...it practically shakes down Furtwangler for answers. How much consorting...have to be a member of the Nazi Party to be of the Nazis? And is art really any ...
Theatre TAKING SIDES Criterion, London
The Independent - London; Jul 5, 1995; ; 700+ Words ...Shostakovich had been German instead of Russian...German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, under investigation for possible pro-Nazi activities, wonders...that attitude now with Furtwangler, but there is still...reservations. Eventually Furtwangler admits his naivety...for him. So the ...
Elvis, mummy face off in Texas nursing home in 'Bubba Ho- Tep'.(Time Out!)(Movie critic)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); Oct 17, 2003; 700+ Words ...direct Arnold resolves to prove that German Wilhelm Furtwangler (Stellan Skarsgard), the greatest conductor of his generation, supported the Nazis and Hitler. Furtwangler never joined the Nazi party. Testimony from musicians make...
Obituary: Irene Serkin
The Independent - London; Jan 9, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...representative of the German school of string- playing...implacably opposed to the Nazi regime and, at considerable...Germany as long as the Nazis remained in power...the idealistic Wilhelm Furtwangler, who thought he could...music from within the Nazi fold.) The Busches...bungled attempt ...
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