The music of composers blacklisted by the Nazis will be performed as part of the Music in the Vineyards chamber music festival in Napa Valley.
The campaign against Jewish composers’ music, which the Nazis called “degenerate,” included abolishing music organizations and removing music from concert halls. Many musicians of Jewish descent fled Nazi Germany while others, such as Erwin Schulhoff, perished in concentration camps.
The “Degenerates” music program, supported by last month’s Jewish Vintners Celebration, will revisit the works of these composers and musicians. The program will include, among others, Ernest Bloch’s “Suite Hebraique” for viola and piano and Erwin Schulhoff’s “String Quartet No. 1.”
The “Degenerates” is at 5 p.m. Aug. 16 at Clos Pegase, 1060 Dunaweal Lane in Calistoga. Tickets are $50. Other events in Music in the Vineyards take place through Aug. 24 at various vineyards. For details, visit www.musicinthevineyards.org.