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Description edit
Alma Rose's tragic story, from her birth and youth in the exalted musical circles of Vienna (her father was leader of the Vienna Philharmonic, her uncle was Gustav Mahler) to her death at Auschwitz, first came to public attention through the 1980 film Playing for Time. As leader of the only... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Alma Mahler: Add a description of this character.
- Arnold Rosé
- Alfred
- Heini
- Justine
- Hitler
- Martin
- Holland
- Maria Mandel
- Gustav
- Dr. Mancy
- Bruno Walter
- Helena
- Zofia
- Vaga
- Anny
- Gretl
- Yvette
- Leila
- Pilhoda
- Hilde
- Brunner
- Frau Schmidt
- Erica Morini
- Wiener Walzermadeln
- Dr. Lingens-reiner
- Czajkowska
- Richard Strauss
- Margarete
- Buxbaum
- Marye
- Marie Anne Tellegen
- Alferle
- Wolfgang
- Regina
- Beethoven
- Magda
- Leonard
- Reich
- Eduard
- Franz Werfel
- Lotte
- Vati
Setting & Locations edit
- Vienna Opera
- Auschwitz-birkenau
- Westerbork
- London
- Germany
- Music Block
- France
- Austria
- England
- Paris
- Amsterdam
- Berlin
- Alma Rosé
- Utrecht
- Czechoslovakia
- Poland
- United States
- Europe
- Flora
- Pyrkergasse
- New York
- Prague
- Switzerland
- Fania
- Gestapo
- Italy
- Belgium
- Cracow
- Theresienstadt
- Munich
- Salzburg
- Russia
- America
- Cincinnati
- Hilversum
- Sauna
- The Hague
- Britain
- Zariby
- Stammlager
- Rosé Quartet
- Staerckes
- Greece
- Bratislava
- Warsaw
- Hungary
First Sentence edit
Alma Rose was born in Vienna, the bustling capital of the thousand-year-old Habsburg empire.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Newman (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 787.2092
Subjects edit
- Books › Entertainment › Music › Musical Genres › Classical
- Books › Arts & Photography › Performing Arts › Theater
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › History › Europe › Austria
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › Holocaust
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Composers & Musicians
- Books › Entertainment › Performing Arts
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