Richard Bratby

The musical émigrés from Nazi-Europe who shaped postwar Britain

Assimilation was not always easy: musicians’ unions campaigned against the employment of non-British artists

Paul Humpoletz’s poster for the 1940 revue ‘What a Life!’, which was performed at the Isle of Man internment camp, with a score by Hans Gal. Credit: with kind permission from Paul Humpoletz
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  • Music, Migration & Mobility – the story of émigré musicians from Nazi-Europe in Britain

    Royal College of Music Museum, until 16 April

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