| Description |
1 online resource (144 p.) |
| Series |
Jews, Judaism, and the Arts Ser |
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Jews, Judaism, and the Arts Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- 1 Memory and Myth -- 1 Serendipity -- 2 Legend and Myth -- 3 Holocaust Legends -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Ethics -- 2 Music in the Camps -- 1 Nazi Concentration Camps -- 2 Music in the Camps -- 3 Singing -- 4 Camp Orchestras -- 5 Purpose of Camp Music -- 6 Repertoire -- 7 Memories of Wagner -- 8 Wagner Myths -- 3 The Tango of Death -- 1 Singing Tangos -- 2 Three Versions -- 3 Which One Is It? -- 4 The Orchestra of Death -- 1 Nuremberg -- 2 Provenance -- 3 The Photographer -- 4 The Photograph -- 5 Location -- 6 The Court |
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7 Returning to the Iconic Image -- 5 The Death of the Orchestra -- 1 Reasons for Doubt -- 2 Fictionalizing Testimony -- 6 The Fugue of Death -- 1 The Poet -- 2 The Poem -- 3 The Title -- 4 Inspiration -- 5 The Legend -- 7 Preserving History -- 1 Imagining Horror -- 2 Capturing the Imagination -- 3 Memorializing and Obfuscating -- 4 Visualizing the Tango of Death -- 5 Preserving History -- Literature -- Subject Index -- Name Index |
| Summary |
A legend that captures the imagination of audiences and shapes representations of the Holocaust is that in Nazi concentration camps Jewish musicians were forced to play a Tango of Death as men, women and children made their way to the gas chambers. This book traces the origins of this legend to a little known concentration camp in Ukraine where musicians were forced to perform a Jewish tango at executions before they themselves were murdered. By reconstructing the creation of this legend, the book shows how the actual history is hidden, distorted, or even lost altogether |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv
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Jews -- Persecutions -- Ukraine -- Lʹviv
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Jews -- Persecutions.
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Jews -- Persecutions
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Ukraine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004525078 |
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9004525076 |
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