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Music behind barbed wire : a diary of summer 1940 / Hans Gal.

Title
  1. Music behind barbed wire : a diary of summer 1940 / Hans Gal.
Published by
  1. London : Toccata Press, 2014.
Author
  1. Gál, Hans, 1890-1987

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Additional authors
  1. Peacock, Alan T., 1922-2014
  2. Fox, Anthony, 1943-
  3. Fox-Gál, Eva
Description
  1. 243 pages : 12 black and white, illustrations, 12 12 black and white +
Summary
  1. The internment diary of Austrian composer Hans Gal (1890-1987) with a biographical study of his life and career. Includes a CD of first recordings of three of his works from the period.
Subject
  1. Gál, Hans, 1890-1987 > Diaries
  2. Jewish composers > Austria > Diaries
  3. Jews, Austrian > Isle of Man
  4. Jews, Austrian > Scotland
  5. Jews, Austrian > England
  6. Jewish refugees > Isle of the Man
  7. Jewish refugees > Scotland
  8. Jewish refugees > England
  9. Composers > Austria > Diaries
  10. Exiles' writings, Austrian
Genre/Form
  1. Diaries
Contents
  1. Prelude. Hans Gál : a biographical introduction -- 'Most regrettable and deplorable things have happened' : Britain's internment of enemy aliens in 1940 -- Music behind barbed wire. Donaldson's Hospital, Edinburgh -- Huyton, near Liverpool -- Central Promenade Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man -- Postlude. Gál in Britain.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Hardback. With dust jacket.
  2. Originally published in: 2014.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and indexes.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain