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Socialist laments : musical mourning in the German Democratic Republic / Martha Sprigge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sprigge, Martha, author.
- Series:
- New Cultural History of Music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Political aspects--Germany (East).
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 354 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- How do individuals, communities, and societies use music as a form of mourning? This book demonstrates how music became a crucial outlet for processing loss in communist East Germany, where the ruling Socialist Unity Party tightly regulated expressions of loss.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Series
- Socialist Laments
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Listening Guide for East German Mourning Music
- Introduction: Mourning (in) the German Democratic Republic
- 1 The Ruins
- 2 The Socialist Cemetery
- 3 The Church
- 4 Concentration Camp Memorials
- 5 The Artists' Cemetery
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-754634-X
- 0-19-754635-8
- 0-19-754633-1
- OCLC:
- 1200833324
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