Walter Arlen

[1920-2023]

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"Composer and music critic Walter Arlen found fame later in life when his compositions were first performed in public in 2008. Arlen, who escaped from Nazi persecution in Austria in 1939, has commented that his music has ‘[his] memories in it.’ He has been described by musicologist Michael Haas as the ‘quintessential exile composer,’ because his music was written as a cathartic way of coming to terms with the sadness and loss that he experienced during his life."

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-Excerpt from "Walter Arlen (B.1920)" by Abaigh McKee, ORT MOTH website

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For more information, please visit:

https://holocaustmusic.ort.org/restoration-and-restitution/walter-arlen/