When the Nazi "Third Reich" took power in 1930s Germany, it wasn't only books that burned and words that were lost.
As the Nazis marched toward the Holocaust, music too was suppressed. The music of Jewish and liberal composers was banned. Its creators were killed or hounded into retreat.
Now, renowned conductor James Conlon, of the Los Angeles opera, is reclaiming that lost world of music for American audiences.
Listen to an On Point conversation with Conlon and hear about bringing back a world of music suppressed by the Nazis.
Do you, did you, know this world of Ullmann, Zemlinsky, Hartmann, Schreker, or Erwin Schulhoff? What does it mean to bring back a lost world of music?
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