MPR’s David Molpus interviews Bruce Coppock, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra president and managing director, about SPCO program highlighting "degenerate" music from the Nazi era.
During the 1930s, hundreds of talented composers had their work suppressed in Germany by the Nazi regime. Some were Jewish, while others simply overstepped the bounds of what German leaders deemed acceptable. Coppock says the Nazis went to all lengths to purge Germany of degenerate art.
Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
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