Artists in Exile: How Refugees From Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts, by Joseph Horowitz

“It is hard to imagine where American culture would be today without the contributions of Hitler and Stalin — that is, without the thousands of creatively gifted refugees who fled these murderers. A good many cultural historians and writers have explored this meaty subject from different angles since Anthony Heilbut’s 1983 landmark, “Exiled in Paradise” (still the best book on the topic). And now, in “Artists in Exile,” Joseph Horowitz has taken a crack at it. Horowitz, a former music critic for The New York Times and the author of seven previous books, including the superb trio “Understanding Toscanini,” “Wagner Nights” and “Classical Music in America,” is well versed in this subject.” Read the review at the New York Times.