by Melissa Burrage (Music 780.92 Muck)
Immigrants often face difficulties as newcomers in new lands and times of war often raise negative suspicions of these newcomers to new heights. In The Karl Muck Scandal, you’ll learn about the story of Karl Muck, who was once the esteemed German-born conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. During World War I, when anti-German sentiments were crossing the United States, his patriotism was called into question and he was forced into internment by the government. For those of you who read the 2016 One Book One Nebraska selection, The Meaning of Names by Karen Gettert Shoemaker, you’ll find some of the themes of this book familiar.
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try The Meaning of Names by Karen Gettert Shoemaker, or America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erica Lee.]
[ Wikipedia entry on Karl Muck ] | [ official Dr. Melissa Burrage Twitter feed ]
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