Hans Richter
German painter and graphic artistWikipedia
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Sep 16, 2026
David WalesNARRATOR
It sounded like an old tin kettle.
David WalesNARRATOR
He pronounced Wagner's horn parts unplayable, so that Wagner had to call upon Hans Richter to try out for him some passages in Die Meistersinger in order to demonstrate that they were anything but impossible.
David WalesNARRATOR
With the elder Strauss, Hans von Bülow was repeatedly at loggerheads, and when he once attempted to thank Bülow for some favor the latter had shown young Richard Strauss, Bülow exploded with the words, You have no right to thank me.
David WalesNARRATOR
I did your son a favor, not on your account, but only because I consider his talent deserves it.
Karina LongworthHOST
Libby Holman is an unusual and perhaps unlikely subject for a season of You Must Remember This because she never acted in a film.
Karina LongworthHOST
She was involved only on the soundtrack of one movie, an experimental art feature by the Dadaist Hans Richter, called Dreams That Money Can Buy, released in 1947.
Karina LongworthHOST
Throughout this season, we will digress from Libby's story to talk about the people she encountered and the films they made or appeared in, as well as the many Hollywood movies that seem to reflect aspects of Libby's experience, including several which were obviously directly inspired by the scandal surrounding the death of Smith Reynolds.
Karina LongworthHOST
In today's episode, we will begin at the beginning of Libby's life and trace her rise to fame as a torch singer in 1920s New York.
Brian KimHOST
Sure.
Alex BergHOST
Um, a- and also I read a great book called Dada: Art and Anti-Art by Hans Richter that was kind of like, "No, some modern art is kind of a joke on the idea of art," and it's like, "All right." Um, but that first time, I remember we, like, we, like, went to this Rothko exhibit, went and got food afterwards or something, and I was like, "Come on," you know?
Brian KimHOST
[laughs]
Alex BergHOST
Like, I was just such a prick about it.
Megan NolanGUEST
Yeah, I'm sure I'll forget key details, but I'll give an impressionistic version of it.
Megan NolanGUEST
What I thought was really interesting, actually, which I only learned after writing the intro, was that it started, like its very earliest iteration, this group was Hans Richter was the kind of underpinning.
Megan NolanGUEST
He was a writer.
Megan NolanGUEST
I don't think he was especially celebrated as a writer.