Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-273) and index.
Wilhelm Furtwängler : the historical, cultural, and intellectual background -- Childhood and youth (1886-1911) -- Lübeck and Mannheim (1911-20) -- Furtwängler in the Weimar Republic (1919-33) -- Furtwängler and the Nazi state I (1933-35) -- Furtwängler and the Nazi state II (1935-45) -- Reflection and reaction : Furtwängler in the immediate post-war period (1945-50) -- Furtwängler as symphonist -- 'All greatness is simplicity' (1951-54) -- Afterword.
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A pathbreaking, new intellectual biography of the composer and conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler.