The Lost Music of the Holocaust
Bringing the music of the camps to the ears of the world at last
$73.94
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2025
Summary
Scores sewn into coat linings, instruments hidden in suitcases, sheet music stashed among dirty laundry, concertos written on discarded food wrappers - these are just some of the ingenious ways prisoners in civilian, political and military captivity from 1933 to 1953 protected their music in the darkest of times.
Italian pianist and composer Francesco Lotoro has been on a lifelong quest to find this remarkable music. He has painstakingly salvaged and performed symphonies, operas and s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472297792 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472297792 |
| Author: | Francesco Lotoro |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 611g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 160mm x 36mm |
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About The Author
Francesco Lotoro
Born in 1964 in Barletta (Italy), Francesco Lotoro is a pianist, composer and conductor in addition to being a piano professor at the “Niccolo Piccinni” Music Conservatory of Bari.
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