Resonances Against Fascism : Modernist and Avant-Garde Sounds from Kurt Weill to Black Lives Matter / edited by Laura Chiesa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chiesa, Laura, 1967- editor.

Series:

SUNY series, humanities to the rescue.

SUNY Series, Humanities to the Rescue Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950--Criticism and interpretation.

Weill, Kurt.

Fascism and music.

Sound--Political aspects.

Sound.

Sound (Philosophy).

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

Music.

Modernism (Music).

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]

Summary:

Makes a case for the power of music and sound in the face of fascistic forces, from modernism to the present.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Resonant Listening: Sound and Music to the Rescue. Laura Chiesa

Notes

References

Chapter 1: Political (Effort/Exhaustion). James Currie

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Chapter 2: "[C]ounting Your Heads / As I'm Making the Beds": Piratesthetics, Weill-Brecht to Simone

Chapter 3: Sonic Ordeals: Music, Torture, and The New Orpheus 51 Peter Szendy

Chapter 4: What Makes Weill Weill?. Kim H. Kowalke

Weill's Last Year

Obituaries of "The Two Weills"

Weill's Itinerary

Making Weill Weill

Weill's Own Answer

Chapter 5: A Walk on the Weill Side: Musical Theater and Rock Music in the 1960s. William Solomon

Coda

Chapter 6: Marguerite Duras's Musical Return of the Real. Fernanda Negrete

Chapter 7: Outside In: Chorus and Clearing in the Time of Pandemic and Protest. Julie Beth Napolin

Afterword: Sounding Silence, Sounding Thought. Krzysztof Ziarek

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Chiesa, Laura Resonances Against Fascism

ISBN:

9781438496313