Austria’s War
Regular readers of this page will know that I’ve already written on the unique, but largely ignored position of Austria in the First World War. It has been fascinating to follow reports and… Continue reading
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Jews in the ‘Modern State’ of 1875
In August 1875, someone with the initials C.v.W. wrote a leading article in Vienna’s ‘Neue Freie Presse’ entitled ‘Jewry in the Modern State’. This came eight years after the December Constitution of Austria… Continue reading
Eric(h) Zeisl (1905-1959): The One Who (Nearly) Got Away
My article on Eric Zeisl from 2014 updated with its formerly corrupted audio files replaced.
The death of Alice Herz-Sommer
Those of us who walked through the streets of London’s Belsize Park/Swiss Cottage neighbourhood could hear her playing every day. She was an institution and her long life meant that she kept memories… Continue reading
The Ethical High Ground?
At the bottom of this post, is a link to a thought-provoking review of Forbidden Music written by professor of musicology at Oxford University’s St. Catherine’s College, Peter Franklin. He appreciates many things… Continue reading
Heinrich Schenker’s Diaries and Letters – a reference
And my third link of the week is this useful (for German readers) reference to Schenker’s diaries and correspondence. If you put in a name, references are instantly brought up – Fascinating and… Continue reading
A website devoted to Friedrich Holländer
Link to Friedrich Holländer Website
Vienna, City of Dreams comes to New York
New York Times Article
The Other Hollywood
Though we often hear of the film composers Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, Franz Waxman and other high-profile émigrés who changed the sound of Hollywood, it has always been a slight puzzle to me… Continue reading
Bertha von Suttner’s Peace Conference
For those who read German and wish to understand how Austrian and German historians interpret the First World War, I can recommend Manfried Rauchensteiner’s ‘Der erste Weltkrieg und das Ende der Habsburger Monarchie’.… Continue reading