Karl Amadeus Hartmann (jan 1, 1905 – jan 1, 1963)
Description:
a German composer.Shades of Gray: Hartmann, Webern, and Strauss
1. Karl Amadeus Hartmann is the most honorable case of inner emigration among
composers remaining in Germany during World War II.
2. By the beginning of the war, he had become somewhat famous, but between 1933 and
1945 he did not allow his music to be heard in Germany.
3. Hartmann studied with Webern in 1942, but did not adopt the twelve-tone technique.
4. Webern expressed approval of Hitler and the Nazi program, and Hartmann left him upon learning this.
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Date:
jan 1, 1905
jan 1, 1963
~ 58 years