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List of émigré musicians from Nazi Europe who settled in Britain

January 01, 1970

The rise of Nazism and its aftermath led to a wave of Central European intellectuals, many of them Jewish, seeking escape abroad during the 1930s and 1940s due to persecution at home. It has been claimed that nearly 70 composers came to the UK to escape Nazi persecution between 1933 and 1945, though many of them subsequently moved on elsewhere.[1] This list details those composers, performers, publishers and musicologists who ended up living and working in Britain, where they had a significant and lasting influence on musical culture and development.

Primarily composers

Other composers stayed for a short time in Britain before moving on elsewhere. They included Hanns Eisler, Ernst Krenek, Karol Rathaus, Kurt Roger, Ernst Toch and Kurt Weill[3]

Primarily conductors, performers, teachers

  • Oskar Adler (1875–1955). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Amadeus Quartet (three members of). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Peter Ebert (1918–2012). Arrived 1933 from Germany
  • Elena Gerhardt (1883–1961). Arrived 1935 from Germany
  • Walter Goehr (1903–1960). Arrived 1933 from Germany
  • Michael Graubart (born 1930). Arrived 1938 from Austria[4]
  • Erich Gruenberg (1924–2020). Arrived 1946 from Austria (via Israel, 1938)
  • Paul Hamburger (1920–2004). Arrived 1939 from Austria
  • Karl Haas (1900–1970). Arrived 1939 from Germany
  • Hans Heimler (1913–1990). Arrived 1938 from Vienna[5]
  • Helene Isepp (1899–1968). Arrived 1938 from Austria[6]
  • Martin Isepp (1930–2011). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Julius Isserlis (1888–1968). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Susi Jeans (1911–1993). Arrived 1935 from Austria
  • Louis Kentner (1905–1987). Arrived 1935 from Hungary
  • Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 1925). Arrived in 1946 after liberation from Belsen
  • Maria Lidka (1914–2013). Arrived 1934 from Germany
  • Hans Oppenheim (1892–1965). Arrived 1935 from Germany
  • Rawicz and Landauer, piano duo. Arrived 1935 from Austria.
  • Max Rostal (1905–1991). Arrived 1934 from Germany
  • Rudolf Schwarz (1905–1994). Arrived from imprisonment in Germany (via Sweden) in 1947
  • Jan Sedivka (1917–2009). Arrived 1942 from Czechoslovakia
  • Richard Tauber (1891–1948). Left Austria 1938, British citizenship gained in March 1940
  • Vilém Tauský (1910–2004). Arrived 1940 from Czechoslovakia (via France)
  • Edith Vogel (1912–1992). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Ilse Wolf (1921–1999). Arrived 1939 from Germany[7]

Pianist Artur Schnabel and cellists Fritz Ball and Emanuel Feuermann stayed for a short time in Britain before moving on[3]

Primarily critics or musicologists

  • Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) arrived 1934 from Germany (with frequent trips back) but moved on to New York in 1938[3]
  • Mosco Carner (1904–1985). Arrived in 1933 from Poland
  • Otto Erich Deutsch (1883–1967). Arrived in 1939, returned to Vienna 1951
  • Erich von Hornbostel (1877–1935). Arrived in 1933 from Austria
  • Hans Keller (1919–1985). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Georg Knepler (1906-2003). Arrived from Austria in 1934, returned in 1946
  • Else Mayer-Lissmann (1914–1990). Arrived 1938 from Germany[8]
  • Hans Redlich (1903–1968). Arrived 1939, from Germany
  • Peter Stadlen (1910–1996). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Erwin Stein (1885–1958). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Klaus Wachsmann (1907–1984). Arrived 1936 from Germany. Uganda (1937-57), UK (1957-63), US (1963-75), UK (1975-84)

Primarily publishers

References edit

  1. ^ Continental Britons: The Émigré Composers, Notes to Nimbus CD NI5730 (2004)
  2. ^ Eder, Bruce. Biography at AllMusic
  3. ^ a b c SOAS, Jewish Music Institute
  4. ^ Michael Graubart biography, Royal College of Music
  5. ^ Schenker Documents Online
  6. ^ Helene Isepp biography, Royal College of Music
  7. ^ Ilse Wolf biography, Bach Cantatas
  8. ^ Elsie Mayer-Lissmann biography, Royal College of Music
  9. ^ Walter Bergmann biography, Schott
  10. ^ Josef Weinberger Wein
  11. ^ Watts, Peter (2023). Denmark Street: London's Street of Sound. Paradise Road.

Sources edit

  • Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925–1950 (2008).
  • Bratby, Richard. 'The musical émigrés from Nazi-Europe who shaped postwar Britain', in The Spectator, 18 February, 2023.
  • Britten, Tony. Through Lotte's Lens: a film by Tony Britten (2018).
  • Crawford: Dorothy L. A windfall of musicians: Hitler's émigrés and exiles in southern California (2009)
  • Gal, Hans. Music Behind Barbed Wire: A Diary of Summer, 1940 (2014).
  • Gordon, David and Peter. Musical Visitors to Britain (2005).
  • Haas, Michael. Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis. New Haven and London: Yale University Press (2013). ISBN 978-0-300-15430-6 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-300-15431-3 (pbk).
  • Hirschfeld, G. and others. Second Chance: Two Centuries of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom (1991).
  • Levi, Erik. 'The German-Jewish Contribution to Musical Life in Britain', in Second Chance: Two Centuries of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom (1991), pp. 275-295.
  • Miller, Malcolm and Hansen, Jutta Raab. Music in Exile: from 1933 to the Present Day. The Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, Vol. 22 (2023)
  • Oldfield, Sybil. The Black Book: The Britons on the Nazi Hitlist (2020).
  • ORT. Music and the Holocaust: Composers in Exile.
  • Royal College of Music. Project celebrating the work of migrant musicians who fled the Nazis.
  • Royal College of Music. Singing a Song in a Foreign Land, Symposium programme, February 2014.
  • Snowman, Daniel, The Hitler Emigrés (2002).

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The rise of Nazism and its aftermath led to a wave of Central European intellectuals many of them Jewish seeking escape abroad during the 1930s and 1940s due to persecution at home It has been claimed that nearly 70 composers came to the UK to escape Nazi persecution between 1933 and 1945 though many of them subsequently moved on elsewhere 1 This list details those composers performers publishers and musicologists who ended up living and working in Britain where they had a significant and lasting influence on musical culture and development Primarily composers Boaz Bischofswerder 1885 1946 Arrived in 1933 from Germany Deported as an enemy alien to Australia in 1940 with his son Felix Werder Nicholas Brodszky 1905 1958 Arrived from Austria 1939 moved on to California 1949 2 Francis Chagrin 1905 1972 Arrived in 1936 from Romania via France Erika Fox born 1936 Arrived in 1939 from Austria Hans Gal 1890 1987 Arrived 1938 from Austria Peter Gellhorn 1912 2014 Arrived 1935 from Germany Roberto Gerhard 1896 1970 Arrived 1939 from Spain via France Berthold Goldschmidt 1903 1996 Arrived 1935 from Germany Allan Gray real name Josef Zmigrod 1902 1973 Arrived 1935 from Austria Wilhelm Grosz 1894 1939 Arrived in 1934 from Austria moved onto the US 1938 Joseph Horovitz 1926 2022 Arrived in 1938 from Austria Karel Janovicky born 1930 Arrived 1950 from Czechoslovakia Robert Kahn 1865 1951 Arrived 1938 from Germany Erwin Lendvai 1882 1949 Arrived 1933 from Germany Hans May 1886 1959 Arrived 1936 from Germany via Paris returned to Europe 1957 Ernst Meyer 1905 1988 Arrived 1933 from Germany returned 1948 Karl Rankl 1898 1968 Arrived 1939 from Austria Franz Reizenstein 1911 1968 Arrived 1934 from Germany Matyas Seiber 1905 1960 Arrived 1935 from Hungary Leopold Spinner 1906 1980 Arrived 1939 from Austria Mischa Spoliansky 1898 1985 Arrived 1933 from Germany Egon Wellesz 1885 1974 Arrived 1938 from Austria Arthur Willner 1881 1959 Arrived 1938 from Austria Other composers stayed for a short time in Britain before moving on elsewhere They included Hanns Eisler Ernst Krenek Karol Rathaus Kurt Roger Ernst Toch and Kurt Weill 3 Primarily conductors performers teachers Oskar Adler 1875 1955 Arrived 1938 from Austria Amadeus Quartet three members of Arrived 1938 from Austria Peter Ebert 1918 2012 Arrived 1933 from Germany Elena Gerhardt 1883 1961 Arrived 1935 from Germany Walter Goehr 1903 1960 Arrived 1933 from Germany Michael Graubart born 1930 Arrived 1938 from Austria 4 Erich Gruenberg 1924 2020 Arrived 1946 from Austria via Israel 1938 Paul Hamburger 1920 2004 Arrived 1939 from Austria Karl Haas 1900 1970 Arrived 1939 from Germany Hans Heimler 1913 1990 Arrived 1938 from Vienna 5 Helene Isepp 1899 1968 Arrived 1938 from Austria 6 Martin Isepp 1930 2011 Arrived 1938 from Austria Julius Isserlis 1888 1968 Arrived 1938 from Austria Susi Jeans 1911 1993 Arrived 1935 from Austria Louis Kentner 1905 1987 Arrived 1935 from Hungary Anita Lasker Wallfisch born 1925 Arrived in 1946 after liberation from Belsen Maria Lidka 1914 2013 Arrived 1934 from Germany Hans Oppenheim 1892 1965 Arrived 1935 from Germany Rawicz and Landauer piano duo Arrived 1935 from Austria Max Rostal 1905 1991 Arrived 1934 from Germany Rudolf Schwarz 1905 1994 Arrived from imprisonment in Germany via Sweden in 1947 Jan Sedivka 1917 2009 Arrived 1942 from Czechoslovakia Richard Tauber 1891 1948 Left Austria 1938 British citizenship gained in March 1940 Vilem Tausky 1910 2004 Arrived 1940 from Czechoslovakia via France Edith Vogel 1912 1992 Arrived 1938 from Austria Ilse Wolf 1921 1999 Arrived 1939 from Germany 7 Pianist Artur Schnabel and cellists Fritz Ball and Emanuel Feuermann stayed for a short time in Britain before moving on 3 Primarily critics or musicologists Theodor Adorno 1903 1969 arrived 1934 from Germany with frequent trips back but moved on to New York in 1938 3 Mosco Carner 1904 1985 Arrived in 1933 from Poland Otto Erich Deutsch 1883 1967 Arrived in 1939 returned to Vienna 1951 Erich von Hornbostel 1877 1935 Arrived in 1933 from Austria Hans Keller 1919 1985 Arrived 1938 from Austria Georg Knepler 1906 2003 Arrived from Austria in 1934 returned in 1946 Else Mayer Lissmann 1914 1990 Arrived 1938 from Germany 8 Hans Redlich 1903 1968 Arrived 1939 from Germany Peter Stadlen 1910 1996 Arrived 1938 from Austria Erwin Stein 1885 1958 Arrived 1938 from Austria Klaus Wachsmann 1907 1984 Arrived 1936 from Germany Uganda 1937 57 UK 1957 63 US 1963 75 UK 1975 84 Primarily publishers Adolf Aber 1893 1960 Arrived from Germany 1933 worked at Novello Walter Bergmann 1902 1988 Arrived from Germany 1939 worked at Schott 9 Otto Blau 1893 1980 Arrived 1938 from Austria worked at Josef Weinberger 10 Alfred Kalmus 1889 1972 Arrived 1936 from Austria worked at Universal Edition Edward Kassner 1920 1996 Arrived 1938 from Austria Kassner Music 11 Ernst Roth 1896 1971 Arrived 1938 from Austria worked at Boosey amp HawkesReferences edit Continental Britons The Emigre Composers Notes to Nimbus CD NI5730 2004 Eder Bruce Biography at AllMusic a b c SOAS Jewish Music Institute Michael Graubart biography Royal College of Music Schenker Documents Online Helene Isepp biography Royal College of Music Ilse Wolf biography Bach Cantatas Elsie Mayer Lissmann biography Royal College of Music Walter Bergmann biography Schott Josef Weinberger Wein Watts Peter 2023 Denmark Street London s Street of Sound Paradise Road Sources editBergfelder Tim amp Cargnelli Christian Destination London German speaking emigres and British cinema 1925 1950 2008 Bratby Richard The musical emigres from Nazi Europe who shaped postwar Britain in The Spectator 18 February 2023 Britten Tony Through Lotte s Lens a film by Tony Britten 2018 Crawford Dorothy L A windfall of musicians Hitler s emigres and exiles in southern California 2009 Gal Hans Music Behind Barbed Wire A Diary of Summer 1940 2014 Gordon David and Peter Musical Visitors to Britain 2005 Haas Michael Forbidden Music The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis New Haven and London Yale University Press 2013 ISBN 978 0 300 15430 6 cloth ISBN 978 0 300 15431 3 pbk Hirschfeld G and others Second Chance Two Centuries of German speaking Jews in the United Kingdom 1991 Levi Erik The German Jewish Contribution to Musical Life in Britain in Second Chance Two Centuries of German speaking Jews in the United Kingdom 1991 pp 275 295 Miller Malcolm and Hansen Jutta Raab Music in Exile from 1933 to the Present Day The Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies Vol 22 2023 Oldfield Sybil The Black Book The Britons on the Nazi Hitlist 2020 ORT Music and the Holocaust Composers in Exile Royal College of Music Project celebrating the work of migrant musicians who fled the Nazis Royal College of Music Singing a Song in a Foreign Land Symposium programme February 2014 Snowman Daniel The Hitler Emigres 2002 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of emigre musicians from 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