Fiddle
Vivian Wagner
Describes the author's passion for the fiddle and how learning the craft helped awaken her love of life and become connected to a nationwide community of teachers and artisans.
Read Time: ~6.8 hr
Alma Rosé
by Richard Newman with Karen Kirtley (2000)
About this book
"At Auschwitz, Alma led a women's orchestra - the only women's musical ensemble in the Nazi camps. With violin and baton, steely will and dauntless spirit, she molded a terrified collection of young musicians into an orchestra that became their sole hope of survival. The orchestra women maintained high standards and discipline to play music for the pleasure of their Nazi captors; in exchange they remained alive. Alma saved the lives of some four dozen members of the orchestra; not one was sent to the gas, though she herself died in the camp of sudden illness."--BOOK JACKET.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreAlma Rosé Lead Character
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