tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1157298527213070362006-09-03T16:48:00.000+01:002006-09-03T16:48:00.000+01:002006-09-03T16:48:00.000+01:00The case of Max Trapp is fairly clear: he was a Nazi, and an early one. His "Appell an die Schaffenden" ("Call to Creative Artists"), in _Die Musik_,in which he identified himself as such, was published in June of 1933. The 1951 performance is simply a reminder that de-Nazification was slow.<BR/><BR/>The most interesting musician on you list may well be Heinrich Kaminsky, and one whose career provides a useful contrast to Trapp. Kaminsky's father was an Old Catholic priest of Jewish background, and Kaminsky, who was Pfitzner's successor at the Prussian Academy of the Arts, lost that position in 1933 due to his political outlook. (Perhaps Furtwangler's programming of Kaminsky in 1934 and 1937 may be additional evidence of his independence.)Daniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.com