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from Nazi Germany in 1938. If one could accumulate them all the cost would be in excess of $5000.00. This one-of-a-kind collection all in one rare book is offered at only $2195.00 delivered to any address in the continental USA. Complete with a Certificate of Authenticity. We will be happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire. USM book # 252 |
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As anyone who watched the movie “The Sound of Music” knows, a great deal changed in the city of Salzburg after the Nazi Anschluss, or the reunification of Austria with Hitler’s Germany in the spring of 1938. The annual Salzburg Music Festival of 1938 was given great prominence by the National Socialists and one of the most obvious examples of that is this beautifully printed 9-3/4 x 12-1/4 inch, very heavily illustrated 100 or so (unnumbered) page official book called SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE 1938 FESTSCHRIFT (The Celebratory Book of the 1938 Salzburg Music Festival).
This rare book is autographed by hand in pen and ink by 23 of world renowned conductors as well as the finest opera stars working in the German language at the time. There are autographs from opera conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler and Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch, Edwin Fischer and Heinz Hilpert. Players who autographed this book include superstars such as Heidi Kuhlmann and Werner Krauss, Frida Richard, Maria Cebotari, Marta Roos, Gertrud Rünger and Erich Zimmermann. There are also autographs of Hilde Konetzni, Elizabeth Rothberg, Erich von Wymetal, Josef von Manowarda, Herbert Alsen, Helge Roswaenge, Fritz Krenn, Angela Salloker, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Theodor Loos and Ewald Balser.
Printed on very high quality paper with a rag-edged soft cover, it has an embossed profile of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and gold blocking of the title on the front. On the back of the title page is the quote “The Arts are a Lofty Mission of Fanatical Obligation” opposite a full-page picture of Adolf Hitler. That is followed by a full-page picture and a statement by Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi State Minister for National Community, Clarification and Publicity (Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda).
The remainder of the book is dedicated to the Salzburg Music Festival, its history, its legends and the festival program itself. Each event of the 1938 Music Festival is described in detail.
The operas performed at the 1938 Salzburg Festival were 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 of the book is devoted to the Salzburg area (Salzkammergut) in pictures with many black & white etching type pictures and eight full-color pictures tipped-in.
A special section of the book is devoted to the Salzburg area (Salzkammergut) in pictures with many black & white etching type pictures and eight full-color pictures tipped-in.
There are portraits of the men who wrote the selections to be presented from Bach to Wagner. Another well-illustrated section of the book deals with the Mozart Museum in Salzburg while yet another deals with the history of how the city was built.
This rare book was assembled under the leadership of Dr. Friedrich Richter of Berlin-Lichterfelde with an extremely impressive staff. It was printed by Gebrüder Mann in Berlin. The heavy rag content cover is somewhat discolored from age and handling but the book itself is in remarkably good used condition. The autographs are priceless!
Because of the completeness of the autograph collection it is hard to imagine that these signatures were done for an ordinary music lover. The book was most likely assembled on behalf of a high-ranking Nazi or for one of the artists.
Also for sale on USMBOOKS.com, a large assortment of original Third Reich souvenir
programs from operas, comedies, tragedies and ballet performances in Nazi Germany.
AUTOGRAPHED NAZI FESTIVAL BOOK SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE 1938
THE OFFICIAL BOOK FOR THE SALZBURG MUSIC FESTIVAL OF
1938 - THE FIRST FESTIVAL
AFTER THE ANSCHLUSS -
AUTOGRAPHED BY 23 RENOWNED
CONDUCTORS AND OPERA STARS!
1938 - THE FIRST FESTIVAL
AFTER THE ANSCHLUSS -
AUTOGRAPHED BY 23 RENOWNED
CONDUCTORS AND OPERA STARS!
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