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List of émigré musicians from Nazi Europe who settled in Britain

• Ernest Berk (1909–1994). Arrived 1994 from Germany, returned mid-1980s.^[2]
• Boaz Bischofswerder (1885–1946). Arrived 1933 from Germany. Deported as an enemy alien to Australia in 1940 with his son Felix Werder
• Nicholas Brodszky (1905–1958). Arrived from Austria 1939, moved on to California 1949^[3]
• Francis Chagrin (1905–1972). Arrived 1936 from Romania (via France)
• Erika Fox (born 1936). Arrived 1939 from Austria
• Hans Gál (1890–1987). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Peter Gellhorn (1912–2014). Arrived 1935 from Germany
• Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970). Arrived 1939 from Spain (via France)
• Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996). Arrived 1935 from Germany
• Allan Gray (real name Josef Zmigrod, 1902–1973). Arrived 1935 from Austria
• Wilhelm Grosz (1894–1939). Arrived 1934 from Austria (moved onto the US, 1938)
• Joseph Horovitz (1926–2022). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Julius Isserlis (1888-1968). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Karel Janovický (born 1930). Arrived 1950 from Czechoslovakia
• Robert Kahn (1865–1951). Arrived 1938 from Germany
• Erwin Lendvai (1882–1949). Arrived 1933 from Germany
• Ray Martin, (real name Kurt Kohn, 1918–1988). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Hans May (1886–1959). Arrived 1936 from Germany (via Paris), returned to Europe 1957
• Ernst Meyer (1905–1988). Arrived 1933 from Germany, returned 1948
• Karl Rankl (1898–1968). Arrived 1939 from Austria
• Franz Reizenstein (1911–1968). Arrived 1934 from Germany
• Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960). Arrived 1935 from Hungary
• Leopold Spinner (1906–1980). Arrived 1939 from Austria
• Mischa Spoliansky (1898–1985). Arrived 1933 from Germany
• Peter Ury (1920–1976). Arrived 1939 from Germany
• Egon Wellesz (1885–1974). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Arthur Willner (1881–1959). Arrived 1938 from Austria

Other composers stayed for a short time in Britain before moving on elsewhere. They included Hanns Eisler, Ernst Krenek, Karol Rathaus, Kurt Roger, Ernst Toch and Kurt Weill^[4]

Primarily conductors, performers, teachers

• Oskar Adler (1875–1955). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Amadeus Quartet (three members of). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Peter Ebert (1918–2012). Arrived 1933 from Germany
• Elena Gerhardt (1883–1961). Arrived 1935 from Germany
• Walter Goehr (1903–1960). Arrived 1933 from Germany
• Michael Graubart (1930-2024). Arrived 1938 from Austria^[5]
• Erich Gruenberg (1924–2020). Arrived 1946 from Austria (via Israel, 1938)
• Paul Hamburger (1920–2004). Arrived 1939 from Austria
• Karl Haas (1900–1970). Arrived 1939 from Germany
• Hans Heimler (1913–1990). Arrived 1938 from Vienna^[6]
• Helene Isepp (1899–1968). Arrived 1938 from Austria^[7]
• Martin Isepp (1930–2011). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Julius Isserlis (1888–1968). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Susi Jeans (1911–1993). Arrived 1935 from Austria
• Louis Kentner (1905–1987). Arrived 1935 from Hungary
• Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 1925). Arrived in 1946 after liberation from Belsen
• Maria Lidka (1914–2013). Arrived 1934 from Germany
• Hans Oppenheim (1892–1965). Arrived 1935 from Germany
• Rawicz and Landauer, piano duo. Arrived 1935 from Austria.
• Max Rostal (1905–1991). Arrived 1934 from Germany
• Rudolf Schwarz (1905–1994). Arrived from imprisonment in Germany (via Sweden) in 1947
• Jan Sedivka (1917–2009). Arrived 1942 from Czechoslovakia
• Richard Tauber (1891–1948). Left Austria 1938, British citizenship gained in March 1940
• Vilém Tauský (1910–2004). Arrived 1940 from Czechoslovakia (via France)
• Edith Vogel (1912–1992). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Ilse Wolf (1921–1999). Arrived 1939 from Germany^[8]

Pianist Artur Schnabel and cellists Fritz Ball and Emanuel Feuermann stayed for a short time in Britain before moving on^[4]

Primarily critics or musicologists

• Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) arrived 1934 from Germany (with frequent trips back) but moved on to New York in 1938^[4]
• Mosco Carner (1904–1985). Arrived 1933 from Poland
• Otto Erich Deutsch (1883–1967). Arrived 1939, returned to Vienna 1951
• Erich von Hornbostel (1877–1935). Arrived 1933 from Austria
• Hans Keller (1919–1985). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Georg Knepler (1906-2003). Arrived from Austria in 1934, returned in 1946
• Else Mayer-Lissmann (1914–1990). Arrived 1938 from Germany^[9]
• Hans Redlich (1903–1968). Arrived 1939, from Germany
• Peter Stadlen (1910–1996). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Erwin Stein (1885–1958). Arrived 1938 from Austria
• Klaus Wachsmann (1907–1984). Arrived 1936 from Germany. Uganda (1937-57), UK (1957-63), US (1963-75), UK (1975-84)

Primarily publishers

• Adolf Aber (1893–1960). Arrived from Germany, 1933, worked at Novello
• Walter Bergmann (1902–1988). Arrived from Germany, 1939, worked at Schott^[10]
• Otto Blau (1893–1980). Arrived 1938 from Austria, worked at Josef Weinberger^[11]
• Alfred Kalmus (1889–1972). Arrived 1936 from Austria, worked at Universal Edition
• Edward Kassner (1920-1996). Arrived 1938 from Austria, Kassner Music^[12]
• Ernst Roth (1896–1971). Arrived 1938 from Austria, worked at Boosey & Hawkes

References[edit]

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