by Kenneth Woods | Oct 24, 2011 | A view from the podium
“A unique personality whose fatal flaw lay in his uncompromising belief that music and art must be kept apart from politics, a conviction that transformed him into a tragic figure.” Publisher’s blurb for The Devil’s Music Master: The Controversial Life and...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 12, 2011 | A view from the podium
Part III- Strauss’s personality and politics are as misunderstood as they are talked about. (Part I- “He was no Mahler, he was no Wagner” is here” Part III Strauss- Innovation and Absolute Music is here) Richard Strauss’s music is an intergral and...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 7, 2011 | A view from the podium
Whenever I play or conduct the music of Hans Gal, I get asked a lot of questions about his experiences during World War II. As part of the Bobby and Hans project, we thought it would be good to gather some of the excellent web resources in one place to help readers...
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