ISBN:
9781350114838
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9781350114821
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9781350114814
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 208 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fay, Brendan Classical music in Weimar Germany
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fay, Brendan Classical music in Weimar Germany
DDC:
306.4842094309042
Keywords:
National socialism and music History 20th century
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National socialism and music
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Musikleben
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Klassische Musik
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Musikästhetik
;
Traditionalismus
;
Fortschrittlichkeit
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Deutschland
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Deutschland
;
Klassische Musik
;
Konservativismus
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Politik
;
Weimarer Republik
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Geschichte 1918-1933
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Deutschland
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Kulturpolitik
;
Medien
;
Musiksoziologie
;
Geschichte 1918-1933
Abstract:
"From Hitler's notorious fondness for Wagner's operas to classical music's role in fuelling German chauvinism in the era of the world wars, many observers have pointed to a distinct relationship between German culture and reactionary politics. In Classical Music in Weimar Germany, Brendan Fay challenges this paradigm by reassessing the relationship between conservative musical culture and German politics. Drawing upon a range of archival sources, concert reviews and satirical cartoons, Fay maps the complex path of classical music culture from Weimar to Nazi Germany-a trajectory that was more crooked, uneven, or broken than straight. Through an examination of topics as varied as radio and race to nationalism, this book demonstrates the diversity of competing aesthetic, philosophical and political ideals held by German music critics that were a hallmark of Weimar Germany. Rather than seeing the cultural conservatism of this period as a natural prelude for the violence and destruction later unleashed by Nazism, this fascinating book sheds new light on traditional culture and its relationship to the rise of Nazism in 20th-century Germany."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Abstract:
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: German Music and the Nazi Past 1. (Re)Composing the Nation: Music, War, and the German Inflation, 1918-1924 2. Radios and Records: Image and Reality in Weimar Technology 3. Internationalism, Nationalism and the Case of Hans Joachim Moser 4. Wagner under Weimar 5. Judging Performance, Performing Judgments: Race and Performance in Weimar Germany Epilogue: Rethinking Tradition Bibliography Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-197) and index
DOI:
10.5040/9781350114838
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