Subjects: “…[Communism and literature, Russian literature, German literature]…”

Subjects:

“…Subject files 800-809 are devoted to East German literature, music, dance, art, and criticism. Included in this section of the series is a report about an East Berlin performance of Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio, during which the audience’s applause overwhelmed the orchestra in response to odes to freedom made by the singers, whose roles are those of eighteenth century Spanish prisoners, as well as a translation of a statement put out by the East German government denying the reported high level of applause. …”