List of émigré musicians from Nazi Europe who settled in Britain

The rise of Nazism and its aftermath led to a wave of Central European intellectuals, many of them Jewish, seeking escape abroad during the 1930s and 1940s due to persecution at home. It has been claimed that nearly 70 composers came to the UK to escape Nazi persecution between 1933 and 1945, though many of them subsequently moved on elsewhere. This list details those composers, performers, publishers and musicologists who ended up living and working in Britain, where they had a significant and lasting influence on musical culture and development.

Primarily composers

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

Primarily conductors or 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 (born 1930). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Erich Gruenberg (1924–2020). Arrived 1946 from Austria (via Israel, 1938)
  • Paul Hamburger (1920–2004). Arrived 1939 from Austria
  • Hans Heimler (1913–1990). Arrived 1938 from Vienna
  • Helene Isepp (1899–1968). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • 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

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

Primarily critics or musicologists

  • Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) arrived 1934 from Germany (with frequent trips back) but moved on to New York in 1938
  • Mosco Carner (1904–1985). Arrived in 1933 from Poland
  • Otto Erich Deutsch (1883–1967). Arrived in 1939, returned to Vienna 1951
  • Erich von Hornbostel (1877–1935). Arrived in 1933 from Austria
  • Hans Keller (1919–1985). Arrived 1938 from Austria
  • Else Mayer-Lissmann (1914–1990). Arrived 1938 from Germany
  • 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


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