First encouraged by Dvořák as a 10-year-old prodigy, Erwin Schulhoff was a highly talented Austro-Czech composer and pianist whose brilliant and wildly diverse career was tragically cut short by the Nazi regime. As a prominent Jewish artist who incorporated jazz, avant-garde and Dadaism into his work, he was condemned and blacklisted by the Nazis as a creator of "Degenerate Music" (Entartete Musik) and ultimately died of tuberculosis in the Wülzburg concentration camp on August 18, 1942. After decades of relative obscurity, his innovative oevre has undergone major revival that continues to this day. We'll hear several of these works in his memory on Monday afternoon's Classical Music With Foley Schuler.
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday afternoon on Blue Lake Public Radio.
