| Author |
Gilbert, Shirli.
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| Series |
Oxford historical monographs |
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Oxford historical monographs.
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| Subject |
Jews -- Poland -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Music -- Poland -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Jews -- Germany -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Music -- Germany -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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National socialism and music.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 243 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music. |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : redeeming music : "spiritual resistance" and beyond -- "Have compassion, Jewish hearts" : music in the Warsaw ghetto -- Vilna : politicians and partisans -- Songs confront the past : life in Sachsenhausen -- Fragments of humanity : music in Auschwitz. |
| Summary |
Shirli Gilbert has produced the first large-scale, critical account of the role of music amongst communities imprisoned under Nazism. She documents a wide scope of musical activities in Nazi internment centres, and is also concerned with exploring the ways in which music - particularly the many songs that were preserved - contribute to our broader understanding of the Holocaust and the experiences of its victims. - ;In Music in the Holocaust Shirli Gilbert provides the first large-scale, critical account of the role of music amongst communities imprisoned under Nazism. She documents a wide sco. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| ISBN |
9780191515477 (electronic bk.) |
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0191515477 (electronic bk.) |
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9780199277971 (cased) |
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0199277974 (cased) |
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0199277974 (Cloth) |
| OCLC # |
133074799 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Gilbert, Shirli. Music in the Holocaust. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 0199277974 9780199277971 (DLC) 2005277352 (OCoLC)57062876 |
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