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While the music played, a remarkable story of courage and friendship in WWII, Nathaniel Lande

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While the music played, a remarkable story of courage and friendship in WWII, Nathaniel Lande

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eng

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illustrations

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no index present

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fiction

Main title

While the music played

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1125379397

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Nathaniel Lande

Sub title

a remarkable story of courage and friendship in WWII

Summary

Beginning in 1939 prewar Prague, While the Music Played focuses on the story of young Max Mueller, a curious bright romantic--a budding musician, piano tuner, and nascent journalist. Max is on the cusp of adolescence when the Nazi influence invades Prague's tolerant spirit with alarming speed as he struggles to understand the changing world around him. When his father, noted German conductor Viktor Mueller, is conscripted into the German army and finds himself increasingly promoting the Nazi message, Viktor's best friend, noted Czech composer Hans Krasa, protests the occupation in every way he can

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