{"product_id":"dont-forget-about-me-9780907689225","title":"Dont forget about me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA most gifted musician of his generation, this book traces Gideon Klein's short life through his music, his diaries and documents as well as the reminiscences of his friends and family.\u003c\/b\u003eDon't   Forget about Me' chronicles   the extraordinary   and moving story about the young Czech pianist and composer Gideon Klein.   Standing on the threshold of what was to be an auspicious career, Klein's   musical activities in Prague were ruptured, as he, his family and friends were   deported, interned in the Terezín (Theresienstadt) prison camp and ghetto.   There his life took an even more unexpected turn, as he galvanised prisoners   into an astonishing array of musical activities, and he composed his finest   and most compelling music.Until recently, Klein's music   has largely been performed within the context of Holocaust memorialisation.   But events commemorating the Klein centenary in 2019 offered audiences and   musicians the opportunity to re-assess and reposition Klein's place in the   history of twentieth-century music and European modernism. David Fligg's   monograph on Klein, the first in a quarter of a century, continues this   process. Drawing on hitherto unpublished   archival sources, interviews with Holocaust survivors who were imprisoned   with him, many rare photographs and detailed musical analysis, \u003ci\u003e'Don't   forget about me'\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Klein's life from his Moravian childhood (he   was born in Prerov in 1919),   charting the development of his musical talent. It presents the first   detailed examination of how the teenage Klein engaged with the numerous   artistes who were at the centre of the vibrant cultural environment of   pre-war Prague. Klein was finally transported to an isolated and bleak   Auschwitz sub-camp, in the freezing closing weeks of 1944, where he was   killed in a massacre by the retreating prison guards.  His story, along with the   compositions which remarkably survived Terezín, is one of the most   fascinating of Czech Jews during the Holocaust, and documents how one young   man continued to make music in the face of evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. David Fligg has produced a fascinating and first-class study of the life of Gideon Klein and, I have to say, this is one of the finest composer biographies I've ever read. It's immediately approachable, insightful, non-technical and beautifully balanced. Fligg approaches his task with enthusiasm and clearly has a great love for his subject.... All told, this is a highly recommended publication, a real page turner and certainly well-worth tracking down. -- Stephen Greenbank * MusicWeb International *\u003cbr\u003eThe first comprehensive biography of Klein, lavishly illustrated. * Die Tonkunst *\u003cbr\u003eA powerful and compelling study of an artist who will not be forgotten. -- Nick Barnard * MusicWeb International *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword                              Zdenka   Fantlová Author's Note Acknowledgements  Introduction I Přerov (1919-31) 1 The Family 2 A Moravian Childhood II Prague   (1931-41)  3 School Years 4 Prague Compositions I 5 Italy 6 Prague Compositions II  7 Student Years 8 The War finds Prague 9 Prague Compositions III 10 Making Music under Occupation 11 Family and Friends under   Occupation 12 Final Works in Prague  III Terezín (1941-44) 13 Establishing the Ghetto 14 First Cultural Activities, and   Terezín's First Piano 15 The Free-Time Administration and   the Youth Care Department 16 A   Terezín Personality 17   Terezín Pianist 18 Terezín Compositions 19 Klein's Final Year in Terezín 20 A Final Composition  IV   Auschwitz and Fürstengrube (1944-45) 21 From Terezín to Auschwitz 22 Klein's Last Winter and Death 23 A Last Letter 24 Aftermath Postscript Appendices 1 List of Works 2 Chronology  Bibliography Index of Klein's Works General Index","brand":"Toccata Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406514594135,"sku":"9780907689225","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dont-forget-about-me-9780907689225","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}