On 17 May, the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (AdBK) ? Nuremberg?s academy of fine arts ? launched a special exhibition in celebration of its 350th anniversary....
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Thomas Mann was enchanted by German classical music but was also wary of its seductive powers. In his novels, he anticipates its instrumentalisation by the Nazis, who used it as the gateway to bourgeois German hearts and minds. By Wolfgang Schneider
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