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In Reply to: I don't read German posted by pconr on August 6, 2006 at 12:33:05:
I don't have a copy of all the verses of the Horst Wessel Lied handy, but I did pull down Lebrecht's book, which was widely reviewed all over the world. Many disagreed with his conclusions but I do not recall him ever being impeached on the facts.Here's the quote from the middle of p.115:
"Karajan initially was everything they could desire: a talented and obedient musician who conducted tributes for Hitler's birthday, a special "Fidelio" to celebrate the Anschluss and odious works of musical propaganda such as Richard Trunk's "Celebration of the New Front," whose chorale finale was wound around the murderous "Horst Wessel Lied" in which 'Jewish blood spurts from our knives'. He was sent off to conduct opera at La Scala and concerts in Rome, the perfect cultural ambassador of one Fascist nation to another. In countries overrun by German forces he appeared with captive orchestras, making a fiery Strauss recording with the Concertgebouw, and performing the Wessel anthem in Paris."
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Now, perhaps it is the case the Trunk added the phrase in question to his work, but my point was the Karajan conducted a choral piece with those words. If those words do not "properly" belong in the Horst Wessel Lied it hardly gets Mr. Karajannis off the hook for sucking up to murderers.
If a country singer of today who was in thrall to a Klan politician sang a ballad about dragging Negroes to death behind pickup trucks, well, actually, it would be no different from what Karajannis did.
I trust this answers your question.
JM
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Follow Ups
- My source for that attribution is Norman Lebrecht's "The Maestro Myth," p.115 - John Marks 14:09:11 08/06/06 (1)
- You've made yourself clear - pconr 17:48:38 08/06/06 (0)
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