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Michael Haas

@forbiddenmusic

Former recording producer for Decca and Sony - then freelance for any number of labels. Former Music Curator at Vienna's Jewish Museum, author of Forbidden Music and Music of Exile (YUP) now at Vienna's University for Music and Performing Arts (mdw).

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Die geballte Faust gegen Nazi-Musik In dem Buch „Die Musik der Fremde. Komponisten im Exil“ schildert Michael Haas die Geschichten von Komponisten, die vor den Nazis geflüchtet sind

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Arnold Schoenberg at 150 - Forbidden Music Schoenberg is 150 years old and it would be strange if this celebration were not marked for the composer who more than others represented  “Forbidden Music”.

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Eduard Hanslick's Amusing Review of Mahler's First Symphony - Forbidden Music When translating and writing accompanying commentary on the reviews of Mahler as composer and opera director, I was frustrated that I couldn't find a review of his First Symphony. Here it is - tucked ...

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Out in October 2023, "The Music of Exile - the Untold Stories of the Composers who fled Hitler" (Yale University Press) - Forbidden Music I hope this is a book that takes the reader further down the road of understanding what it means to view music as a cultural good in need of restitution: a return to audiences of stolen composers and ...

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The False Myths and True Genius of Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Forbidden Music 1897 was an eventful year for music in Vienna: Johannes Brahms died and Gustav Mahler took over the Imperial Opera; the anti-Semitic Karl Lueger was elected mayor; the Eleven-year-old Ernst Toch decid...

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Unlocking Winterberg: A Composer’s Return from Exile and Oblivion - Forbidden Music It was in 2015 when the lawyer Randol Schoenberg sent me a copy of a contract that not only embargoed access to, but also any information on the musical estate of Hans Winterberg.… Continue reading →

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The Asssessments  and Reassessments of the Composer Wolfgang  Fortner (1907-1987) - Forbidden Music A brilliant but deeply compromised composer. Ethical questions are asked as to how his legacy should be seen. The music itself is too strong to ignore

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Forbidden Music A BLOG BY FORBIDDEN MUSIC AUTHOR MICHAEL HAAS

Please visit my blog www.forbiddenmusic.org

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