[EggsAckley]

Interesting.....

[SunkenCiv]

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[wolfcreek]

Last summer...at Nazi band camp..............

[Unlikely Hero]

Wasn’t Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” composed in an internment camp? I thought I remember hearing that, and that the parts were actually composed for specific instruments that were broken, so certain notes were avoided.

[tutstar]

GNIP...

[concentric circles]

Reminds me of the concert orchestra I saw as a young student. It was a wonderful educational program conducted by Dr. Herbert Zipper, an enthusiastic man who easily inspired us with his passion.

Only later did I learn of his background. His distinctive accent was a product of his upbringing in Vienna where he excelled as a musician, conductor, and composer. Seeking to expand his horizons, he took on work in Dusseldorf where to his utter dismay, he witnessed the first book burnings in 1933.

Fleeing to Vienna he found no refuge and as a Jew was arrested and sent to Dachau. Recognizing the need to uplift their human spirit, he organized a clandestine orchestra for the prisoners using makeshift instruments and performing in a latrine. He composed a piece of music, “Dachau Lied,” Dachau Song, for which his friend and fellow prisoner Jura Soyfer wrote the lyrics. This song became an anthem among the prisoners and was passed from camp to camp.

Zipper was transferred to Buchenwald, where his release was secured with the help of his family and a bribed official at the Guatemalans consulate. Traveling on a Guatemalan passport he went to Manila to direct the Manila Symphony Orchestra. Incredibly, the Japanese invaded and he was again imprisoned. Prior to his capture, he assisted the United States Navy by radioing information about Japanese ships in the Harbor. After liberation he organized concerts for US troops.

After the war, Zipper and his wife moved to the United States, where he became a citizen and embarked on a long career composing, conducting and especially, teaching. He inspired countless others with his passionate belief in the essential role of the arts in giving expression to the fullness of the human spirit.

Inspired by his story, Paul Cummins put it in writing as the book “Dachau Song: the Twentieth Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper.” In 1995 a documentary of Dr. Zipper’s life was made, the Oscar nominated film, “Never Give Up.”

So all you whiners out there, knock it off. And go forth in November and vote for a man who knows something about the indominability of the human spirit.

[PAR35]

when the Nazis' Dachau death camp was opened

Dachau wasn't a death camp, but I suppose we can't expect the China Post to have much knowledge of European history.

[wildbill]

Did they find the original score for “Springtime for Hitler”?