Composer and conductor Max von Schillings was a key figure in late German Romanticism, both as an interpreter and composer. Schillings' contact with the National Socialists has forever tainted his reputation and its aftermath admittedly proved to have irreparable consequences for European music as a whole. Nevertheless, during the prime of his career, Schillings was a highly respected figure who could count himself among the heirs to the Romantic German tradition.
After studying music in Bonn, Schillings entered the University of Munich, where he became fast friends with fell...