Dreams of Germany : musical imaginaries from the concert hall to the dance floor / edited by Neil Gregor and Thomas Irvine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gregor, Neil, 1969- editor.

Irvine, Thomas, editor.

Series:

Spektrum (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 18.

Spektrum : publications of the German studies association ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects--Germany--History--20th century.

Music.

Music--Germany--20th century--History and criticism.

Music--Social aspects.

History.

Germany.

National characteristics, German.

Music--German influences.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 307 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2019.

Summary:

"For many centuries, Germany has enjoyed a reputation as the 'land of music'. But just how was this reputation established and transformed over time, and to what extent was it produced within or outside of Germany? Through case studies that range from Bruckner to the Beatles and from symphonies to dance-club music, this volume looks at how German musicians and their audiences responded to the most significant developments of the twentieth century, including mass media, technological advances, fascism, and war on an unprecedented scale"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"The German in the concert hall" : concert-going and belonging in the early twentieth century / Hansjakob Ziemer

"Music made in Hamburg" : how one city's music scene helped make rock and roll the lingua franca of youth / Julia Sneeringer

"With every inconceivable finesse, excess and good music" : sex, affect, and techno at Snax Club in Berlin / Luis-Manuel Garcia

Bruckner, Munich, and the Longue Duree of musical listening between the imperial and post- war eras / Neil Gregor

Female musicians and "Jewish" music in the Jewish Kulturbund in Bavaria, 1934-1938 / Dana Smith

Pride of place : the 1963 rebuilding of the Munich Nationaltheater / Emily Richmond Pollock

Was ist Japanisch? Wagnerism and dreams of nationhood in modern Japan / Brooke McCorkle

Hubert Parry, Germany, and the "North" Thomas Irvine

Between musicology and mythology at the Stunde Null : Austria's 950th "birthday" and the 50th anniversary of Bruckner's death / Lap-Kwan Kam

Hearing the Nazi Past in the German Democratic Republic : antifascist fantasies, acoustic realities, and haunted memories in Georg Katzer's Aide-memoire (1983) / Martha Sprigge

Sprockets + Autobahn : Kraftwerk parodies, German electronic music, and retro dreams in Amerika / Sean Nye.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dreams of Germany

ISBN:

9781789200324

1789200326

OCLC:

1060179217

Publisher Number:

99980386637