Michael H. Kater

A very impressive achievement - for two reasons above all. First, the range of Kater's research and documentation is awe-inspiring. Second, Kater sets out neither to canonise or to demonise... — BBC Music Magazine More…

A very impressive achievement - for two reasons above all. First, the range of Kater's research and documentation is awe-inspiring. Second, Kater sets out neither to canonise nor demonise ...... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Kater's superbly researched story is fascinating and horrifying, yet in a sense rewarding, since it shows the lengths to which young Germans would go to keep the faith with a music that was their... — Los Angeles Times More…

[An] impressive new book...far and away the finest and canniest treatment of the Nazi musical nightmare to date, presents an excellent case study of two conductors who were judged not ideologically... — The New Yorker More…

Michael H. Kater ... addresses the question in The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich ... reaching some interesting conclusions — The Telegraph More…