{"title":"Martin Goldsmith","description":"\u003cp\u003eMARTIN GOLDSMITH hosted NPR’s daily classical music program Performance Today for ten years and spent over a decade at WETA-FM in Washington, D.C., as producer, announcer, music director, and program director. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eAlex’s Wake\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldsmith joined NPR in 1986 and later served as director of classical music programming for XM Satellite Radio, then as host and classical music programmer for Symphony Hall on SiriusXM, a post from which he retired in 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen not writing, Goldsmith has spent his career in classical music radio broadcasting. His books draw directly on that world and on his family’s experience in Nazi Germany, where his parents performed in the all-Jewish Kulturbund ensemble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin lives in Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin Goldsmith’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-inextinguishable-symphony","title":"The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOW AN ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY, \u003cem\u003eWinter Journey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet amid the growing tyranny of Germany's Third Reich, here is the riveting and emotional tale of Günther Goldschmidt and Rosemarie Gumpert, two courageous Jewish musicians who struggled to perform under unimaginable circumstances—and found themselves falling in love in a country bent on destroying them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1933, as the full weight of Germany's National Socialism was brought to bear against Germany's Jews, more than 8,000 Jewish musicians, actors, and other artists found themselves expelled from their positions with German orchestras, opera companies, and theater groups, and Jews were forbidden even to attend \"Aryan\" theaters. Later that year, the Jüdische Kulturbund, or Jewish Culture Association, was created under the auspices of Joseph Goebbels's Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Providing for Jewish artists to perform for Jewish audiences, the Kulturbund, which included an orchestra, an opera company, and an acting troupe, became an unlikely haven for Jewish artists and offered much-needed spiritual enrichment for a besieged people—while at the same time providing the Nazis with a powerful propaganda tool for showing the rest of the world how well Jews were ostensibly being treated under the Third Reich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was during this period that twenty-two-year-old flutist Günther Goldschmidt was expelled from music school because of his Jewish roots. While preparing to flee the ever-tightening grip of Nazi Germany for Sweden, Günther was invited to fill in for an ailing flutist with the Frankfurt Kulturbund Orchestra. It was there, during rehearsals, that he met the dazzling nineteen-year-old violist Rosemarie Gumpert—a woman who would change the course of his life. Despite their strong attraction, Günther eventually embarked for the safety of Sweden as planned, only to risk his life six months later returning to the woman he could not forget—and to the perilous country where hatred and brutality had begun to flourish. Here is Günther and Rosemarie's story, a deeply moving tale of love and the remarkable resilience of the human spirit in the face of terror and persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully and simply told by their son, National Public Radio commentator Martin Goldsmith, \u003cem\u003eThe Inextinguishable Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e takes us from the cafés of Frankfurt, where Rosemarie and Günther fell in love, to the concert halls that offered solace and hope for the beleaguered Jews, to the United States, where the two made a new life for themselves that would nevertheless remain shadowed by the fate of their families. Along with the fate of Günther and Rosemarie's families, this rare memoir also illuminates the Kulturbund and the lives of other fascinating figures associated with it, including Kubu director Kurt Singer—a man so committed to the organization that he objected to his artists' plans for flight, fearing that his productions would suffer. The Kubu, which included some of the most prominent artists of the day and young performers who would gain international fame after the war, became the sole source of culture and entertainment for Germany's Jews. A poignant testament to the enduring vitality of music and love even in the harshest times, \u003cem\u003eThe Inextinguishable Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e gives us a compelling look at an important piece of Holocaust history that has heretofore gone largely untold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0471078646\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9780471078647\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Martin Goldsmith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43185559929048,"sku":"9780471078647","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43185559961816,"sku":"9781630262129","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470254080_FC_mockup_v2_1740153329_9cc72bcb-9c65-4775-9b37-85be49eed8a0.jpg?v=1791993082"},{"product_id":"the-beatles-come-to-america","title":"The Beatles Come to America (Turning Points, 11)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Beatles touched down in New York on February 7, 1964 for their first visit to America, they brought with them a sound that hadn't been heard before. By the time they returned to England two weeks later, major changes in music, fashion, the record industry, and the image of an entire generation had been set into motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComing less than three months after the assassination of President Kennedy, the Beatles' visit helped rouse the country out of mourning. A breathless and condescending media concentrated on the band's hairstyles and their adoring fans, but their enduring importance lay in their music, their wit, and style, a disconnect that signaled the beginning of the generation gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this intriguing cultural history, Martin Goldsmith examines how and why the Beatles struck such a lasting chord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1620457210\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781620457214\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Martin Goldsmith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43212292653272,"sku":"9781620457214","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781620457214_FC_mockup_v2_1662579199_dcb8545e-c842-4a58-8f4f-a7d442ed553e.jpg?v=1790995784"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-martin-goldsmith.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}