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==Nazi links==
==Nazi links==
During the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]] she joined the [[Nazi Party]] in 1937,<ref name="lvz">''Vor 125 wurde die große Beethoven-Interpretin Elly Ney geboren''. In: ''Leipziger Volkszeitung''. 9/28/2007. p. 10</ref> participated in "cultural education" camps, and became an honorary member of the [[League of German Girls]].<ref>[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/kalenderblatt/674472 Romantikerin am Klavier]. [[Deutschlandfunk]] 09/27/2007</ref> She recited quotations from Hitler between performances of Beethoven sonatas and honored the composer's bust with a Hitler salute.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rothstein |first1=Edward |title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; MUSICIANS' TIES TO NAZIS STILL A SUBJECT OF DEBATE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/25/arts/critic-s-notebook-musicians-ties-to-nazis-still-a-subject-of-debate.html |access-date=9 October 2021 |agency=New York Times |date=25 August 1983}}</ref> She held [[antisemitism|antisemitic]] views, although she did record at least one [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]] ''[[Songs Without Words|Song without Words]]'' in 1960 or shortly afterward.<ref name="lvz"/> Ney was awarded the [[War Merit Cross]], 2nd Class for care for troops. After the war, the city of Bonn imposed a stage ban on her. In 1952 a request for lifting the ban was rejected, stating that Ney was a "pronounced [[Nazism|National Socialist]]".<ref>Internationales Biographisches Archiv. No. 21 (5/13/1986). {{ISSN|0020-9457}}.</ref> Nevertheless, after finally renouncing Hitler a full seven years after the end of WWII,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wynberg |first1=Simon |title=Music, Conscience, Accountability and the Third Reich |url=http://orelfoundation.org/journal/journalArticle/music_conscience_accountability_and_the_third_reich |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref> she was named Honorary Citizen of [[Tutzing]] in 1952.
During the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]] she joined the [[Nazi Party]] in 1937,<ref name="lvz">''Vor 125 wurde die große Beethoven-Interpretin Elly Ney geboren''. In: ''Leipziger Volkszeitung''. 9/28/2007. p. 10</ref> participated in "cultural education" camps, and became an honorary member of the [[League of German Girls]].<ref>[http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/kalenderblatt/674472 Romantikerin am Klavier]. [[Deutschlandfunk]] 09/27/2007</ref> She recited quotations from Hitler between performances of Beethoven sonatas and honored the composer's bust with a Hitler salute.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rothstein |first1=Edward |title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; MUSICIANS' TIES TO NAZIS STILL A SUBJECT OF DEBATE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/25/arts/critic-s-notebook-musicians-ties-to-nazis-still-a-subject-of-debate.html |access-date=9 October 2021 |agency=New York Times |date=25 August 1983}}</ref> She held [[antisemitism|antisemitic]] views: in 1933, Ney refused to perform in Hamburg after she was asked to replace a Jewish pianist ([[Rudolf Serkin]]),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kolga |first1=Marcus |title=Twisted Muses: Hitler’s And Putin’s Pianists |url=https://upnorth.eu/twisted-muses-hitlers-and-putins-pianists/ |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref> although she did record at least one [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]] ''[[Songs Without Words|Song without Words]]'' in 1960 or shortly afterward.<ref name="lvz"/> Ney was awarded the [[War Merit Cross]], 2nd Class for care for troops. After the war, the city of Bonn imposed a stage ban on her. In 1952 a request for lifting the ban was rejected, stating that Ney was a "pronounced [[Nazism|National Socialist]]".<ref>Internationales Biographisches Archiv. No. 21 (5/13/1986). {{ISSN|0020-9457}}.</ref> Nevertheless, after finally renouncing Hitler a full seven years after the end of WWII,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wynberg |first1=Simon |title=Music, Conscience, Accountability and the Third Reich |url=http://orelfoundation.org/journal/journalArticle/music_conscience_accountability_and_the_third_reich |access-date=9 October 2021}}</ref> she was named Honorary Citizen of [[Tutzing]] in 1952. But her Nazism was too embarrassing and they stripped her of that status after her death 1968.


==Personal==
==Personal==

Revision as of 17:12, 9 October 2021

Elly Ney
Elly Ney, from a 1922 publication.
Background information
Born(1882-09-27)27 September 1882
OriginGerman
Died31 March 1968(1968-03-31) (aged 85)
GenresRomantic, Classical
InstrumentPiano

Elly Ney (27 September 1882 – 31 March 1968) was a German romantic pianist who specialized in Beethoven, and was especially popular in Germany.

Career

She was born in Düsseldorf, where her mother was a music instructor and her father was a registrar.[1] Her grandmother introduced her to the works of Beethoven, and supported her piano playing. She studied at Cologne with Isidor Seiss and Karl Bötcher.[1] After winning the Mendelssohn Scholarship in 1901, she studied in Vienna with Theodor Leschetizky, with whom she only had two lessons, and Emil von Sauer.[2] She taught at the Cologne Conservatory for three years, then became a touring virtuoso. In 1927 she was given the honorary freedom of Beethoven's birthplace Bonn. In 1932 she founded the Elly Ney Trio with Wilhelm Stross (violin) and Ludwig Hoelscher (cello): in quintets the group recorded with Florizel von Reuter (violin) and Walter Trampler (viola). She traveled to many parts of the world, including the USA, playing in Carnegie Hall in New York City.

During the Third Reich she joined the Nazi Party in 1937,[3] participated in "cultural education" camps, and became an honorary member of the League of German Girls.[4] She recited quotations from Hitler between performances of Beethoven sonatas and honored the composer's bust with a Hitler salute.[5] She held antisemitic views: in 1933, Ney refused to perform in Hamburg after she was asked to replace a Jewish pianist (Rudolf Serkin),[6] although she did record at least one Mendelssohn Song without Words in 1960 or shortly afterward.[3] Ney was awarded the War Merit Cross, 2nd Class for care for troops. After the war, the city of Bonn imposed a stage ban on her. In 1952 a request for lifting the ban was rejected, stating that Ney was a "pronounced National Socialist".[7] Nevertheless, after finally renouncing Hitler a full seven years after the end of WWII,[8] she was named Honorary Citizen of Tutzing in 1952. But her Nazism was too embarrassing and they stripped her of that status after her death 1968.

Personal

Bust of Elly Ney

Elly Ney was married twice; first, in 1911, to the Dutch conductor Willem van Hoogstraten. They had one daughter, Eleonore (1918–2007). They divorced in 1927 and she married Paul Allais, an American coal dealer from Chicago. This marriage didn't last long, and later on Ney reconciled with van Hoogstraten.

Ney died in Tutzing in 1968 aged 85.

References

  1. ^ a b Finscher, Ludwig; Blume, Friedrich (1994). Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. ISBN 978-3-476-41022-1.
  2. ^ Elly Ney entry at Deutsche Biographie (in German)
  3. ^ a b Vor 125 wurde die große Beethoven-Interpretin Elly Ney geboren. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. 9/28/2007. p. 10
  4. ^ Romantikerin am Klavier. Deutschlandfunk 09/27/2007
  5. ^ Rothstein, Edward (25 August 1983). "CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; MUSICIANS' TIES TO NAZIS STILL A SUBJECT OF DEBATE". New York Times. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. ^ Kolga, Marcus. "Twisted Muses: Hitler's And Putin's Pianists". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ^ Internationales Biographisches Archiv. No. 21 (5/13/1986). ISSN 0020-9457.
  8. ^ Wynberg, Simon. "Music, Conscience, Accountability and the Third Reich". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
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