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Classical Music in the German Democratic Republic (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
K Frackman
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Description for Classical Music in the German Democratic Republic (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Hardcover. Approaches the topic of classical music in the GDR from an interdisciplinary perspective, questioning the assumption that classical music functioned purely as an ideological support for the state. Editor(s): Frackman, Kyle; Powell, Larson. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJP; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Approaches the topic of classical music in the GDR from an interdisciplinary perspective, questioning the assumption that classical music functioned purely as an ideological support for the state. Classical music in the German Democratic Republic is commonly viewed as having functioned as an ideological support or cultural legitimization for the state, in the form of the so-called "bourgeois humanist inheritance." The largenumbers of professional orchestras in the GDR were touted as a proof of the country's culture. Classical music could be seen as the polar opposite of Americanizing pop culture and also of musical modernism, which was decried as formalist. Nevertheless, there were still musical modernists in the GDR, and classical music traditions were not only a prop of the state. This collection of new essays approaches the topic of classical music in the GDR from an interdisciplinary perspective, presenting the work of scholars in a number of complementary disciplines, including German Studies, Musicology, Aesthetics, and Film Studies. Contributors to this volume offer a broad examination of classical music in the GDR, while also uncovering nonconformist tendencies and questioning the assumption that classical music in the GDR meant nothing but (socialist) respectability. Contributors: Tatjana Böhme-Mehner, Martin Brady, Lars Fischer, Kyle Frackman, Golan Gur, Peter Kupfer, Albrecht von Massow, Carola Nielinger-Vakil, Jessica Payette, Larson Powell, Juliane Schicker, Martha Sprigge, Matthias Tischer, Jonathan L. Yaeger, Johanna Frances Yunker Kyle Frackman is Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of British Columbia. Larson Powell is Professor of German at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Product Details
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
582g
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571139160
SKU
V9781571139160
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99-15
About K Frackman
KYLE FRACKMAN is Associate Professor of German & Scandinavian Studies at the University of British Columbia. Larson Powell is Curator's Professor of Film Studies at University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Reviews for Classical Music in the German Democratic Republic (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
In offering such a rich conversation about the intersections between East German art music, political engagement, and identity construction, this volume has much to offer, not only to music scholars, but also to scholars of aesthetics, Germanists, and historians.
GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
The 12 contributions to this volume are wide-ranging and . . . stimulate discussion and interest on many fronts. . . . This volume opens some very interesting doors for future research into classical music in the GDR and its diverse responses to the topic certainly achieve [its] aims . . . .
JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
[I]lluminating. . . . [P]resents, in a mosaic-like fashion, experts' insights into aspects of the GDR's classical music scene. . . . As a first body of research that revisits the GDR's classical music scene through a cultural-studies inspired lens, the volume presents powerful readings of specific expressions of musical culture.
Bettina Matthias
WOMEN IN GERMAN NEWSLETTER
GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
The 12 contributions to this volume are wide-ranging and . . . stimulate discussion and interest on many fronts. . . . This volume opens some very interesting doors for future research into classical music in the GDR and its diverse responses to the topic certainly achieve [its] aims . . . .
JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES
[I]lluminating. . . . [P]resents, in a mosaic-like fashion, experts' insights into aspects of the GDR's classical music scene. . . . As a first body of research that revisits the GDR's classical music scene through a cultural-studies inspired lens, the volume presents powerful readings of specific expressions of musical culture.
Bettina Matthias
WOMEN IN GERMAN NEWSLETTER