ABSTRACT
Made in Germany: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary German popular music. Each essay, written by a leading scholar of German music, covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Germany and provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in Germany, followed by essays organized into thematic sections: Historical Spotlights; Globally German; Also "Made in Germany"; Explicitly German; and Reluctantly German.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |15 pages
Introduction
chapter |10 pages
Rocking the Academy? Two Cold-War Careers and the Emergence of Popular Music Studies and Higher Popular Music Education in Germany
part I|41 pages
Historical Spotlights
part II|30 pages
Globally German
part III|33 pages
Also “Made in Germany”
chapter 10|10 pages
G.I. Blues and German Schlager
part IV|30 pages
Explicitly German
chapter 12|9 pages
“One Day You Will Wish We’d Only Played Music”
part V|32 pages
Reluctantly German
part |21 pages
Coda
