EAN: 9783958299597

OUR WILL TO LIVE - VIKTOR ULLMANN LEINEN

In Terezín  a Nazi camp where 33 000 people died  imprisoned musicians and artists created a
remarkable cultural community that persevered against all odds. Our Will to Live brings us into
this astonishing world. It presents the first full translation of concert critiques written by
accomplished musician  scholar-and Terezín prisoner-Viktor Ullmann. He describes Terezín
performances by ensembles  youth choirs and solo artists including luminaries of European
cabaret and opera  plus works by a generation of promising composers silenced too soon: Gideon
Klein  Pavel Haas  Hans Krása and others. Paired with Ullmann's critiques are more than 250
rarely seen concert posters  programs  portraits and scenes rendered by imprisoned artists 
these are from a trove of hidden artworks recovered after liberation. Our Will to Live also
offers an original collection of vintage and modern recordings performed by Terezín survivors
and contemporary masters. Essays and annotations by scholar Mark Ludwig set the historical
context  introduce the artists and deepen what we know of this extraordinary chapter in World
War II history. Terezín survivors helped guide this project  the result of more than 30 years
of research and writing. Shortly after Ullmann authored his final concert critique  Terezín's
cultural community was decimated: nearly all the artists were murdered in Auschwitz. Our Will
to Live is a tribute to their creative will.

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