RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Frank, Mirjam
T1 The Lullaby of Ilse Weber: Terezín as a Mirror Image
JF Musicologica Olomucensia
YR 2015
VO 22
IS 2
SP 25
OP 38
DO 10.5507/mo.2015.011
UL https://musicologica.upol.cz/artkey/mus-201502-0002.php
AB Although Ilse Weber's compositions have become central to the "Terezín canon", very few of her musical manuscripts are available. My study argues that the lack of sources actually serves Weber's popularity, as her Terezín songs can be tailored to the needs of individual performers to represent manifold notions of Terezín. Furthermore, my research juxtaposes Terezín's current status as a memorial site with its original function as a "Potemkin Village." Considering that much of the complexity of Terezín's original soundscape has been ignored or suppressed, I argue that it has become a simplified mirror image of the "model ghetto" it originally was.