The Fractured Self: Selected German Letters of the Australian-born Violinist Alma Moodie, 1918-1943 - Paperback

by Diana K. Weekes (Translator), Kay Dreyfus (Editor)

Alma Moodie's letters trace her experiences as a violinist on tour against the backdrop of the instability of the Weimar Republic, the Great Depression, the Third Reich, and the perils of war. Available for the first time in English translation, the letters, accompanied by essays by scholars in the field, offer a unique insight into this period.

Author Biography

The Editor: Kay Dreyfus is an Associate Research Fellow in the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (SOPHIS) at Monash University. Her background is in musicology and history and she holds doctorates in both areas. She has previously published an English-language biographical study of Alma Moodie, Bluebeard's Bride: Alma Moodie, violinist (Lyrebird Press, 2013).

The Translator: An honours arts graduate from the University of Melbourne, Diana K. Weekes studied musicology at Munich University before completing her Meisterklassendiplom in solo performance at the Hochschule für Musik. In 2007 she graduated with a PhD in composition from the University of Adelaide. She recently translated Albrecht Dümling's The Vanished Musicians (Peter Lang, 2016).