Forbidden Nuts

In the run-up to 75 years of liberation, Ars Musica put together a special program that focuses on forbidden music during the Second World War.
In the totalitarian Germany of the 1930s, the term 'Entartete Musik' referred to all music that in their eyes was morally and politically objectionable. The composers were persecuted and the performance of their music was prohibited.

Music movements such as jazz, atonal music and above all music by Jewish composers were labeled 'Entartet'. But 'nationalistic music', music that contained folklore-like elements and could evoke patriotic feelings, was also suspected and banned. For the first time in humankind, race was a determining factor in whether music was good. Solo wind players from the Ars Musica Orkest form a wind quintet that takes you to these 'Forbidden Notes' with the help of lecturer Arjen JA Uitbeijerse.