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60 Minutes, The Lost Music, Part 1
presented by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-; produced by Katherine Davis, fl. 2004-2015; interview by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 12 mins
A profile of Francesco Lotoro, the Italian composer and pianist who has worked 30 years to recover, catalog, and perform music written during the Holocaust – including works written and performed secretly in Nazi concentration camps. Lotoro converted to Judaism after gravitating towards the religion from a young...
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presented by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-; produced by Katherine Davis, fl. 2004-2015; interview by Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019), 12 mins
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A profile of Francesco Lotoro, the Italian composer and pianist who has worked 30 years to recover, catalog, and perform music written during the Holocaust – including works written and performed secretly in Nazi concentration camps. Lotoro converted to Judaism after gravitating towards the religion from a young age. At the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, inmate orchestras were set up by the Nazis for their entertainment. The main functi...
A profile of Francesco Lotoro, the Italian composer and pianist who has worked 30 years to recover, catalog, and perform music written during the Holocaust – including works written and performed secretly in Nazi concentration camps. Lotoro converted to Judaism after gravitating towards the religion from a young age. At the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, inmate orchestras were set up by the Nazis for their entertainment. The main function of the Auschwitz Camp Orchestra was to play marches and concerts. As an entire generation of musicians and artists were imprisoned or killed, Lotoro feels the course of European music would have differed drastically with their influence. He has catalogued over 8,000 pieces of music, which range from symphonies to tunes scribbled on discarded paper. Lotoro collects, arranges, and sometimes completes the works with great care. He argues the point of connection between life and death, in a place like a concentration camp, is music. Prisoners felt the music allowed them a sense of dignity, which Lotoro continues to work to preserve. Includes interviews with Bret Werb, music curator at the U.S. Holocaust Museum; Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Holocaust survivor and former Auschwitz women’s orchestra member; Waldemar Kropinski, son of composer Jozef Kropinski; and Christoph Kulisiewicz, son of composer Aleksander Kulisiewicz.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Interview, News story
Contributor
Katherine Davis, fl. 2004-2015
Author / Creator
Lewis Jonathan Wertheim, 1970-
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Francesco Lotoro, 1964-
Topic / Theme
Genocide, Music composition, Music history, Holocaust, 1939-1945, War and Violence, Jews, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2019 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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The Etude, Vol. 27, no. 6, June, 1909
edited by Theodore Presser, 1848-1925, in Etude, Vol. 27, no. 6, June, 1909 (Philadelphia, PA: Theodore Presser Company, 1909), 76 page(s)
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edited by Theodore Presser, 1848-1925, in Etude, Vol. 27, no. 6, June, 1909 (Philadelphia, PA: Theodore Presser Company, 1909), 76 page(s)
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Periodical issue
Contributor
Theodore Presser, 1848-1925
Date Published / Released
1909-06, 1909
Publisher
Theodore Presser Company
Series
Etude
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The Etude, Vol. 27, no. 7, July, 1909
edited by Theodore Presser, 1848-1925, in Etude, Vol. 27, no. 7, July, 1909 (Philadelphia, PA: Theodore Presser Company, 1909), 78 page(s)
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edited by Theodore Presser, 1848-1925, in Etude, Vol. 27, no. 7, July, 1909 (Philadelphia, PA: Theodore Presser Company, 1909), 78 page(s)
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Periodical issue
Contributor
Theodore Presser, 1848-1925
Date Published / Released
1909-07, 1909
Publisher
Theodore Presser Company
Series
Etude
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