Talk:Clemens Krauss

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Alleged Nazi links

I've removed passages saying that Krauss only achieved eminence through the removal or resignation of less pro-Nazi conductors. This doesn't seem true: he became principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic by 1930, three years before the Nazi assumption of power in Germany, and eight years before they took over Austria. I also added a "citations-needed" tag. Grover cleveland 18:32, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for correcting these major errors. There still is an absurd assumption in the text that I intend to remove within the next days: The rumor that he was seeking to become a member of the Nazi party in the early 1930ies. He was director of the Vienna State Opera from 1929 to 1934. He was dependent on the authorities that banned the NSDAP in Austria in June of 1933. The Nazi party was very small in 1930/31 in Austria. It would have been political suicide if he had joined the Nazi party during his tenure at the State Opera. The rumor is solely based on Michael H. Katers gossip book, Kater does not even disclose his "source", he writes about an "insider".--77.76.105.164 (talk) 17:07, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the reference to Kater's book as it is simply not serious enough to be included in an encyclopedia. Krauss was attacked by the few Viennese Nazis in 1929/30 because of his affiliation with Jews, because of his support for modern composers! Just one example: Krauss was the first conductor who included a work of Arnold Schoenberg in a subscription concert of the Vienna Philharmonic. This was nearly a revolutionary act considering the conservative taste of the Viennese public at that time. Schönberg was a modernist AND a Jew. He was forced to leave Europe and his works were banned by the Nazis. Kater simple does not have a clue what happened in Vienna at the time.--81.145.206.52 (talk) 10:31, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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