Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

male, deceased (1951)
comment on devient solitaire, atonalité et sérialisme, école de vienne, Berlin 1901-1903, mahler, première symphonie de chambre 1906…Musician who left Nazi Germany, MusicianswholeftNaziGermany
Arnold Schoenberg (the anglicized form of Schönberg - Schoenberg changed the spelling officially when he left Germany and re-converted to Judaism i...
Kurt Weill

Kurt Weill

male, deceased (1950)
Gisela May, Musician who left Nazi Germany, Classical composer, Jewish, German, classical music…MusicianswholeftNaziGermany, born in Dessau, Germany
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 - April 3, 1950), was a German, and in his later years German-American, composer active from the 1920s until his...
Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

male, deceased (1963)
musician, composer, Death from pancreatitis, Yale School of Music faculty, German classical violist, Musician who left Nazi Germany…MusicianswholeftNaziGermany
Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 - 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.
Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter

male, deceased (1962)
naturalised, naturalising, Musician who left Nazi Germany, Bruno Schlesinger, From Berlin, middle name…MusicianswholeftNaziGermany
Bruno Walter (Bruno Walter Schlesinger) (September 15, 1876 - February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. He was born in Berlin,...
Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler

male, deceased (1962)
Musician who left Nazi Germany, German, film score composer, Hollywood blacklist, From Leipzig, Songwriter…MusicianswholeftNaziGermany, born in Leipzig, Germany
Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 - September 6, 1962) was a German and Austrian composer
Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer

male, deceased (1973)
Musician who left Nazi Germany, Jewish, mahler, MusicianswholeftNaziGermany, tempo, Hogan's Heroes
Otto Klemperer (May 14, 1885 - July 6, 1973) was a German-born conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest conductors of...
Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya

female, deceased (1981)
Musician who left Nazi Germany, Tony Award winner, from russia with love, Austrian, best supporting actress, James Bond…MusicianswholeftNaziGermany
Lotte Lenya (October 18, 1899 - November 27, 1981), was a Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer and actress, born Karoline...
Georg Solti

Georg Solti

male, deceased (1997) (Budapest, Hungary)
Sir Georg Solti, Jewish person, Musician who left Nazi Germany, Jewish, MusicianswholeftNaziGermany, from Chicago
Sir Georg Solti, KBE (pronounced) (21 October, 1912 - 5 September, 1997) was a world-renowned Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor.
Erich Leinsdorf

Erich Leinsdorf

male, deceased (1993)
Erich Landauer, From Vienna, Musician who left Nazi Germany, boston symphony orchestra, World War II, naturalized citizen of the United States…MusicianswholeftNaziGermany
Erich Leinsdorf (Erich Landauer) (February 4, 1912 - September 11, 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor. He performed and recorded with...
Rudolf Serkin

Rudolf Serkin

male, deceased (1991)
Musician who left Nazi Germany, Jewish, child prodigy, eger, MusicianswholeftNaziGermany, Curtis Institute of Music
Rudolf Serkin (March 28, 1903 - May 8, 1991) was a Bohemian-born pianist. He was born in Cheb (Eger), Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a...