Michael Haas is senior researcher, cofounder, and chair of the Exilarte Centre in Vienna, where he studies and archives music suppressed by National Socialism. He is the author of Forbidden Music and was formerly music curator at Vienna’s Jewish Museum.

A Financial Times Best Book of 2023: Classical Music“Mr Haas writes in compellingly lucid prose, emphasising with painful sharpness the long-lasting and brutalising effects of war on every aspect of artistic endeavour.”—Henrietta Bredrin, Country Life“Haas’s achievement is already well known but this fact-filled book supplements those sound documents with a wealth of extra information. . . . This is an important book, no doubt about it.”—Rob Cowan, Gramophone“Haas’s book is a welcome addition to the literature on musicians persecuted by the Third Reich, complicating ideas of ‘exile’ and elegantly framing composers within twentieth-century refugee history.”—Alexandra Birch, Musica Judaica Online Reviews“Michael Haas is absolutely brilliant. His devotion to giving voice to the many creators who were brutally silenced during World War Two is inspiring and essential work. He does this with passion and knowledge.”—Marin Alsop“Michael Haas has done more than anyone to rehabilitate the music of hundreds of composers who were silenced by the Nazis and blindsided by the post-War music world. Every work of Haas contains completely unexpected revelations from untapped sources. This marvellous book is no exception.”—Norman Lebrecht“With great curiosity and empathy, Michael Haas illustrates climactic moments as these Jewish refugees lingered between worlds, lost countries and roots, and searched for new and old identities.”—Ute Lemper“Music of Exile is especially relevant today, with the resurgence of authoritarianism and the politicization of immigration. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in music and history, and concerned about our contemporary world.”—James Conlon

Michael Haas is senior researcher, cofounder, and chair of the Exilarte Centre in Vienna, where he studies and archives music suppressed by National Socialism. He is the author of Forbidden Music and was formerly music curator at Vienna’s Jewish Museum.

A Financial Times Best Book of 2023: Classical Music“Mr Haas writes in compellingly lucid prose, emphasising with painful sharpness the long-lasting and brutalising effects of war on every aspect of artistic endeavour.”—Henrietta Bredrin, Country Life“Haas’s achievement is already well known but this fact-filled book supplements those sound documents with a wealth of extra information. . . . This is an important book, no doubt about it.”—Rob Cowan, Gramophone“Haas’s book is a welcome addition to the literature on musicians persecuted by the Third Reich, complicating ideas of ‘exile’ and elegantly framing composers within twentieth-century refugee history.”—Alexandra Birch, Musica Judaica Online Reviews“Michael Haas is absolutely brilliant. His devotion to giving voice to the many creators who were brutally silenced during World War Two is inspiring and essential work. He does this with passion and knowledge.”—Marin Alsop“Michael Haas has done more than anyone to rehabilitate the music of hundreds of composers who were silenced by the Nazis and blindsided by the post-War music world. Every work of Haas contains completely unexpected revelations from untapped sources. This marvellous book is no exception.”—Norman Lebrecht“With great curiosity and empathy, Michael Haas illustrates climactic moments as these Jewish refugees lingered between worlds, lost countries and roots, and searched for new and old identities.”—Ute Lemper“Music of Exile is especially relevant today, with the resurgence of authoritarianism and the politicization of immigration. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in music and history, and concerned about our contemporary world.”—James Conlon