[Salzburg Festival]
Salzburger Festspeile 1938 Festschrift [Program]
Berlin: Gebrüder Mann. 1938. Chilling Nazi-era Salzburg Festival program. Printed on very heavy stock paper with a rag-edged soft cover, embossed profile of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and gold blocking of the title on the front. Verso of title page printed with quotation from Hitler "Die Kunst ist eine erhabene und zum Fanatismus Verpflichtende Mission“ ("Art is an Ennobling Mission Demanding Fanaticism)” opposite a full-page photograph of Hitler. That is followed by a full-page picture and a statement by Dr. Joseph Goebbels (Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda). The balance is devoted to the Salzburg Music Festival, its history, its legends and the festival program itself, with each event of the 1938 Music Festival described in detail, including performances of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Wagner, Don Giovanni by Mozart, Falstaff by Verdi, Fidelio by Beethoven, Figaros Hochzeit by Mozart, Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss and Tannhäuser by Wagner. A special section is devoted to the Salzburg area (Salzkammergut) in pictures with many black & white etching type pictures and eight full-color pictures tipped-in. 9-3/4 x 12-1/4 inch, very heavily illustrated, approx. 100 unnumbered pages,The Festival's popularity suffered a major blow upon the Anschluss annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938. Toscanini resigned in protest, artists of Jewish descent like Reinhardt and Georg Solti had to emigrate, and the Jedermann, last performed by Attila Hörbiger, had to be dropped. Nevertheless the festival remained in operation until in 1944 it was cancelled by the order of Reich Minister Joseph Goebbels in reaction to the 20 July plot. At the end of World War II, the Salzburg Festival re-opened in summer 1945 immediately after the Allied victory in Europe. (9039)
Program, unsigned Classical Music