Guillermo Graetzer. Judaísmo y exilio: las palabras ausentes

Abstract

Between the rise to power of Nazism in Germany until the end of the Second World War, over 100 musicians went into exile in Argentina. Guillermo Graetzer was one of these musicians. In this paper, I analyze some of the lesser-known aspects of his life, those absent in most biographies, focusing on his dual status as a Jew and an exile, as well as his inclusion in the cultural field of Argentina in the early 1940s. I focus on the professional dynamics that Graetzer established with musicians from the distinct musical circuits of Berlin, Vienna, and Buenos Aires. The analysis ranges from his formative years as a musician in Europe until the creation of Collegium Musicum in 1946.