ISBN:
9780197532997
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (645 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Frühauf, Tina, 1972 - Transcending dystopia
DDC:
780.8992404309045
Keywords:
Jews-Germany-Music-History and criticism
;
Music-Germany-20th century-History and criticism
;
Jews Music
;
History and criticism
;
Music History and criticism 20th century
;
Electronic books
;
Deutschland
;
Musiker
;
Juden
;
Musikleben
;
Geschichte 1945-1989
Abstract:
Transcending Dystopia tells the story of the remarkable revival of Jewish music in postwar and Cold War Germany. Covering a wide spectrum of musical activities and geographies across the country, this book provides a panoramic view on how music contributed to transformations within and beyond Jewish communities after the Holocaust.
Abstract:
cover -- Transcending Dystopia -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Moving Toward Silence -- On Transliteration and Translation, Spelling, and Names -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Against All Odds-The Jewish Gemeinde as Sonic Community in an Age of Mobility -- Part 1 -- 1 In the Midst of Rubble: Rebuilding a Musical Life in Berlin -- 2 Out of the Depths: The Case of Munich and the South -- 3 Communal Encounters: Frankfurt am Main and the North -- 4 Remnants in the Soviet and French Zones and Beyond -- 5 Remembering the Holocaust: Mourning and Celebration -- 6 Disseminating Survival: Jews, Music, and the Media -- 7 The End of Dystopia? -- Part II -- 8 Returning and Leaving: Frankfurt in Flux -- 9 Rebuilding with or without Organ -- 10 Cantors on the Move -- 11 Regenerating a Choral Music Culture -- 12 Music in Social Life -- Part III -- 13 Dystopia under Communism: Communities in the Crossfire of Politics -- 14 Werner Sander and the Formation of the Leipziger Synagogalchor -- 15 Facing Cultural Stagnation: Musical Life after Sander -- 16 "Making Antifascist Politics Visible": Jewish Heritage Music and Cold War Politics -- 17 The Leipziger Synagogalchor in the Service of State Propaganda -- 18 Jewish Culture in Public Diplomacy, Memory Politics, and the Curious Case of Halle -- 19 Projecting Utopia: Jewish Heritage Music Abroad -- 20 The Politics of Commemoration and Reorientation -- Part IV -- 21 The Establishment of the Jüdische Gemeinde von Groß-Berlin -- 22 The Anniversary Year of 1971 and the Dawn of Détente -- 23 The Rise of the Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin -- 24 Deterioration and Recovery: The Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR -- 25 Toward a New Communal Future: Parallel Sound Worlds and Rapprochement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- oso-9780197532973_BM.pdf.
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