From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall

Index

Abendroth, Hermann, 169, 181 Academy of Music (New York), 182 aircraft, German, 27, 28, 31 Aktion, 64 Aktion II, 70, 223 Alexandria, 204 Allies, 141 America, 155, 169, 170; symphonies of, 188 America House, 204 "American Eagle" gold piece, 96-97 American Embassy (Paris), 161 American JewishJoint Distribution Committee , 158 American Red Cross, 150 American zone, 136, 164 Americans, 111, 113, 119, 134, 137 Anders (Polish general), 130 Antek (Polish foreman), 84 Antipenko, General, 47 anti-Semite/anti-Semitism, 21, 22, 55, 139, 140 Anton Rubinstein Piano Competition (Moscow), 9 Argentina, 192, 193, 215 armament factories, 97; chemical vats in, 100, 105 army: British, 203, 204; Egyptian,202; Polish , 30, 37, 58, 121 Arthur Rubinstein International Master Piano Competition (Tel Aviv and Jerusalem ), 214 Auschwitz, 84 Automats, in munitions factory, 86 Autori, Franco, 179, 180 Bach, Johann Sebastian, 11, 48, 68, 142, 148, 168, 197, 215 Backhaus, Wilhelm, 17, 142, 168 Barenboim, Daniel, 200 Barrack 16, 81, 219 Barvynsky, Vasyl, 35, 41 Bautzen, 112, 123 225 dex 226 Index bazooka, 99, 101 Bechstein, Helene, 7 Beethoven, Ludwig van,5, 17, 32, 48, 68, 103, 148, 151, 181, 183, 184, 205, 209, 214, 215; Choral Fantasie for Piano, Chorus, Vocal Soloists, and Orchestra, 181, 184;Emperor Concerto, 148, 214; Fourth Piano Concerto in G Major, 151; Moonlight Sonata, 103; Ninth Syiri' phony, 181, 184;piano of, 209;Sonata Op. 109,48; Third Piano Concerto, 148, 183, 196 Beethoven Museum (Bonn), 209 Bellevue Stratford Hotel, 180 Belliard, M., 160 Berezynska, Lilka, 180 Berezynski, Jan, 132 Berlin, 49, 69, 114, 115, 132,133-36, 169 Berlioz, Hector, 211 Bernstein (Gieseking's manager), 158 Bernstein, Leonard, 192, 202 Bialystok, 32, 33, 46, 47, 57, 218 Bible, 202 Bierdjajew, Walerian, 8 Biltmore Hotel, 200 Birenbaum, Charles, 196 Blum, Leon, 97 Blumer, Hans, 137 Boulanger, Nadia, 192 Brahms, Johannes, 17, 39, 60, 68, 147, 151, 205, 214, 215; Paganini Variations, 214; Second Piano Concerto, 151 Brandenburg Gate, 134 Brazil, 192,194,215 Breslau, 94 Brockhaus, Susanne, 200 Brooklyn, N.Y., 213 Brzezinski Variations, 21, 184 Buchenwald, 94-99, 135,162 Buenos Aires, 192,193 Bug River, 32 Bullitt, Orville, 191 Bullitt, Ambassador William C, 154, 177, 183, 197 Bury, Edward, 131 caUum hypermaganicum, 86 Canada, 139,213 Carmen, 19 Carnegie Hall, xi-xiii, 158, 161, 178, 179, 185,186,200,211,212 Carvalho, Eleazar de, 192 Center City (Warsaw),5, 6 Champs Elysees, 157 Chaplin, Charlie, 4, 134 Chautauqua, N.Y., 179 Chicago, III, 188, 189,206 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 128, 188, 189 Chopin, Frederic, xi, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 39, 48, 90, 121, 127, 131, 136, 137,142, 147, 148, 149, 150, 153, 159, 160, 167, 168, 183, 184, 185, 188, 196,203, 207, 209, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219; Aflat Ballade, 150;Barcarolle, 149;death, hundredth anniversary of, 167,168;E Minor Concerto, 17, 121,127,131, 136, 137, 183, 196,207, 217;F Minor Concerto , xi, 148, 160, 185;Funeral March, 203; G Minor Ballade, 142; grave of, 210-11; Minute Waltz, 17; piano of,209; Sonata in B Minor Op. 58, 48-49, 184 Chopin Competition, 7, 8, 10, 207 Chopin Music School, 7 Chopin Society, 10 Ciechocinek, 5 Cold War, 217 Cologne, 137 Colosseum (record company), 184 Columbia Artists, 178 communist, 37, 192, 204,207, 208,209 Conservatory of Music (Cracow), 130 Conservatory of Music (Frankfurt), 9 Conservatory of Music (Lemberg),34, 35, 41,42,45,48,49,50,103,179 Conservatory of Music (Prague), 125 Conservatory of Music (Warsaw), 6, 8, 10, 13-22, 29, 33, 62, 67, 90, 132, 147,208 Constitution Hall, 183 Copenhagen, 209,210,218-19 Cracow, 130, 131 Curtis Music Institute, 195, 196,206, 213 Czechoslovakia, 104,112 Daladier, Edouard, 97 Danish Symphony, 192 Darmstadt, 219 death march, 112 Debussy, Claude Achille, 49, 146, 147, 148, 149, 215 Denmark, 192, 209 DP (displaced persons) camp (Frankfurt), 136, 144 Drzewiecki, Zbigniew, 10-14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 29, 33, 34, 38, 47, 70, 88, 89, 90, 121, 126, 130, 142, 143, 147,149, 194,205, 208, 209 Dubensky, Major, 163 Dvorak, Antonin, Symphony from the New World, 126 E-Bach (piano), 6 Eisenstad, Marysia, 60 Ekier,Jan, 214 Elks (Polish underground), 31 Ellis Island, 161 Entlauzung, 95, 96 Essex Hotel, 186 family members: Adam (father), 3, 4, 5, 8, 20-22, 57, 59, 82, 131,218, 222; Ala (Joel's wife), 59, 67, 70, 221, 223; Ben (Lucy's...