Vítězslava Kaprálová, a Czech composer, died at only 25 years old, likely from typhoid fever, after a promising career as a conductor and composer, having studied with Bohuslav Martinů.
Composer Biography
Vally Weigl, an Austrian-born composer, emigrated to the USA in 1938 to escape the Nazis and later became a pioneer in music therapy, continuing to compose despite increasing deafness.
Album & Artwork
The album's cover art features 'Reichskristallnacht' by Charlotte Salomon, a Jewish artist who was denied recognition due to her heritage and was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau while pregnant.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The EntArteOpera festival highlights how women composers used their creativity to oppose the commonplace image of women, especially during the Nazi era, and fought for their artistic identity despite societal resistance.
Historical Context
The EntArteOpera festival is dedicated to reviving works by composers who were persecuted, exiled, or murdered by National Socialism, which defamed music not suiting its ideology as 'degenerate music'.
Historical Context
Even before the Third Reich, women were often denied the ability to pursue creative careers in music, a situation that worsened under National Socialism, which defined women's emancipation as 'absolute degeneracy'.
Composer Biography
Henriëtte Bosmans, a Dutch composer, was actively involved in the resistance against the Nazi regime and faced an artistic ban from 1941 due to her half-Jewish heritage.
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