Word: hanfstangl
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hindemith v. Hanfstängl. FurtwĠngler's biggest struggle came in 1934 when he was readying Paul Hindemith's opera Mat his der Maler for the Berlin Opera. Hindemith, a modernist, was a particular enemy of Hitler's famed musical adviser, Ernst ("Putzi") Hanfstangl. Orders came from Goring to postpone the performance indefinitely. FurtwĠngler thereupon wrote an article for the Berlin papers denouncing Nazi musical policy and claiming a free artist's right to perform whatever he liked...
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