Fligg Don't forget about me

The Short Life of Gideon Klein, Composer and Pianist
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80010-499-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Gideon Klein was one of the most gifted musicians of his generation. This book traces his short life through his music, his diaries and documents as well as the reminiscences of his friends and family.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fligg, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Zdenka Fantlová
Author's Note
Acknowledgements

Introduction
I Prerov (1919-31)
1 The Family
2 A Moravian Childhood
II Prague (1931-41)
3 School Years
4 Prague Compositions I
5 Italy
6 Prague Compositions II
7 Student Years
8 The War finds Prague
9 Prague Compositions III
10 Making Music under Occupation
11 Family and Friends under Occupation
12 Final Works in Prague
III Terezín (1941-44)
13 Establishing the Ghetto
14 First Cultural Activities, and Terezín's First Piano
15 The Free-Time Administration and the Youth Care Department
16 A Terezín Personality
17 Terezín Pianist
18 Terezín Compositions
19 Klein's Final Year in Terezín
20 A Final Composition
IV Auschwitz and Fürstengrube (1944-45)
21 From Terezín to Auschwitz
22 Klein's Last Winter and Death
23 A Last Letter
24 Aftermath
Postscript
Appendices
1 List of Works
2 Chronology
Bibliography
Index of Klein's Works
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fligg David:
Dr David Fligg is Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, where he was previously a Lecturer in Academic Studies, and is also Visiting Professor at the University of Chester.