Carnegie Hall debut canceled over Nazi anthem

2015/03/10 00:40:14 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

A debut at Carnegie Hall meant to showcase a young composer was abruptly canceled after management realized it featured a snippet of a Nazi German anthem. The New York Youth Symphony was set to premiere the orchestral work on Sunday at the prestigious concert hall but the orchestra & #039;s management removed it, saying that such an explosive musical reference required a longer conversation. No one has suggested any Nazi sympathy by composer Jonas Tarm, a 21-year-old Estonian American, who intended for the work to deplore war including recent bloodshed in Ukraine. The New York Youth Symphony, which recognizes performers and composers under age 22, said Tarm only informed the management last week that his piece included 45 seconds of & quot;Horst-Wessel-Lied, & quot; one of the Nazis & #039; main anthems which is banned in modern Germany and Austria.
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