Music In Terezin, 1941-1945

The late Karas analyzes the compositions, performances, musicians, and musical life at the "model" camp at Theresienstadt (Terez穩n) in Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust. Drawing from scores, programs, other documents, and interviews, he includes discussion of the concentration camp's choral activities, operas, chamber music and recitals, orchestras, cabaret productions, and composers such as Hans Kr獺sa, Viktor Ullmann, Gideon Klein, and Pavel Haas. He also describes the Terez穩n Family Camp in Auschwitz. Facsimiles of programs, scores, and other documents are incorporated. For this edition, he has added more about musical activities and the lives of survivors. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)