Classical composers that were murdered through the ages

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vers la flamme

Pavel Haas, Anton Webern. Seems to have been a much more common thing in the 20th century than in prior eras.

Ken B

Quote from: vers la flamme on December 04, 2019, 02:56:47 AM
Pavel Haas, Anton Webern. Seems to have been a much more common thing in the 20th century than in prior eras.
More Nazis and Bolsheviks in the twentieth century than most of the prior ones.

Christo

Quote from: Ken B on December 04, 2019, 06:39:21 AM
More Nazis and Bolsheviks in the twentieth century than most of the prior ones.
The Age of Ideological Destruction, all for the sake of a greater future of course.  :-[
... music is not only an 'entertainment', nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.    RVW, 1948