Music after Hitler

Music after Hitler

by Thacker, Toby

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"The political control of music in the Third Reich has been analysed from several perspectives, and with ever increasing sophistication. However, music in Germany after 1945 has not received anything like the same treatment. Rather, there is an assumption that two separate musical cultures emerged in East and West alongside the division of Germany into two states with differing economic and political systems. There is a widely accepted view of music in West Germany as 'free', and in the East su…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Music after Hitler.

Summary

"The political control of music in the Third Reich has been analysed from several perspectives, and with ever increasing sophistication. However, music in Germany after 1945 has not received anything like the same treatment. Rather, there is an assumption that two separate musical cultures emerged in East and West alongside the division of Germany into two states with differing economic and political systems. There is a widely accepted view of music in West Germany as 'free', and in the East subject to party control. Toby Thacker challenges these assumptions, asking how and why music was controlled in Germany under Allied Occupation from 1945-49, and in the early years of 'semi-sovereignty' between 1949 and 1955. The 're-education' of Germany after the Hitler years was a unique historical experiment and the place of music within this is explored here for the first time."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:Florence, UNKNOWN
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (291)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1351557831, 9781351557832
  • oclc:ocn993697198
  • LC Classification:ML275.5
  • Dewey Decimal:780

Table of Contents

Allied re-education, 1945-1949 -- Music and regeneration -- Denazification -- Anti-fascism and music -- 'cultural freedom' or 'contemporary realism'? -- New musical cultures, 1949-1955 -- Bach 'shenanigans' -- Music and state in Germany : 1950-1955 -- Dance music : the enemy within? -- Collaboration, confrontation, and infiltration -- Conclusion : when music mattered.

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Subjects

Allemagne -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 20e s… Censorship Censure Criticism, interpretation, etc Deutschland Duitsland Germany Germany -- Social life and customs -- 2… Manners and customs Music Music -- History and criticism. -- 20th… Music and state Music and state -- Germany Musik Musique -- Histoire et critique. -- 20e… Musique -- Politique gouvernementale --… Muziek Politieke aspecten Politik Sociale aspecten

Writers

Thacker, Toby

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