Preface: The Black Thread

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: The Black Thread ix
4. Part One
5. 1 Standing Up 1
6. 2 Loss and Gain 12
7. 3 Her Berlin 17
8. 4 On the Air 24
9. Part Two
10. 5 An End and a Beginning 33
11. 6 The Jewish Culture League 40
12. 7 Jewish Music in Nazi Germany 45
13. 8 Kristallnacht 53
14. 9 Kindertransport 64
15. Part Three
16. 10 Leaving Again 73
17. 11 Judaism in Music Revisited 83
18. 12 Forbidden Music 90
19. 13 The Pull West 97
20. Part Four
21. 14 The Jewish Community Center 105
22. 15 International Composers 110
23. 16 Making Music after War 119
24. 17 A Cold War in the Sun 127
25. 18 Spotlighting Composers 131
26. 19 Back to Europe 140
27. 20 Going Places 145
28. Part Five
29. 21 Valley of the Dismissed? 153
30. 22 At Her Desk 162
31. 23 In Memoriam 169
32. Conclusion: “I Was There” 172
33. Notes 177
34. Index 213