R. M. Douglas
Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012
After reading a book or two and watching a few hours of TV documentaries on the couch, most smugly imagine that they know something of World War II. Most, of course, know nothing. Read more …
Suicide & Obscurity:
A Very Brief Introduction to Oswald Kabasta & Franz Berwald
2,937 words
Carl Eldh, Berwald, Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, 2011
Oswald Kabasta, Conducts Mozart and Schubert
, with the Munich Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, ©1996, 1940, 1941, 1942-43 Preiser Records 90303, Compact disc.
Ulf Björlin, Berwald: Overtures, Concertos & Symphonies
, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, ©2007, EMI Classics, 3 CDs.
On February 6, 1946, the Austrian conductor Oswald Kabasta “wrote a poignant letter . . . to the Mayor of Munich, thanking the orchestra and audience for their great enthusiasm and loyalty, Read more …