Music and genocide

Music and genocide

by Wojciech, Klimczyk Świerzowska, Agata

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At first glance, no two experiences could be further apart than genocide and music. Yet real, live culture usually goes beyond rational divisions. It is now fairly commonly known that art is not absent from the sites of mass killings. Both victims and prosecutors engage in artistic activities in prisons and camps, as well as at other places where genocides take place. What is the music of genocide? Can the experience of ultimate terror be expressed in music? How does music reflect on genocide? …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Music and genocide / Klimczyk Wojciech, Agata Swierzowska (eds.).

Summary

At first glance, no two experiences could be further apart than genocide and music. Yet real, live culture usually goes beyond rational divisions. It is now fairly commonly known that art is not absent from the sites of mass killings. Both victims and prosecutors engage in artistic activities in prisons and camps, as well as at other places where genocides take place. What is the music of genocide? Can the experience of ultimate terror be expressed in music? How does music reflect on genocide? How do we perceive music after genocide? What is music and what is silence in a world marked by mass.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Peter Lang
  • Place of Publication:Frankfurt am Main
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783653051858, 3653051851, 1336198613, 9781336198616
  • DOI:10.3726/978-3-653-05185-8
  • oclc:ocn904800478
  • LC Classification:ML3916
  • Dewey Decimal:781.5/9

Table of Contents

""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword (Wojciech Klimczyk)""; ""Bibliography""; ""Ouverture""; ""Music, the “Third Reich�, and “The 8 Stages of Genocide� (M.J. Grant, Mareike Jacobs, Rebecca MÜllemann, Simone Christine M�nz, and Cornelia Nuxoll)""; ""Introduction""; ""Stanton�s “The 8 Stages of Genocide� in the context of genocide studies""; ""Music and the “8 Stages of Genocide�""; ""A. Stages 1, 2, 3 (Classification, Symbolisation, Dehumanisation)""; ""B. Stages 4, 5, 6 (Organisation, Polarisation, Preparation)""; ""C. Stage 7, Extermination""

""D. Stage 8, Denial""""Summary and Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Part I � Testimonies""; ""Geok Tepe Muğam: A Musical Narrative of Turkmen Massacre in 1881 (Arman Goharinasab & Azadeh Latifkar)""; ""Introduction""; ""The Narratives of the Catastrophe""; ""Socio-political Evolutions in the 19th Century""; ""The Geok Tepe Battle""; ""The Poets� Narratives""; ""The Narrators""; ""Musical Narratives""; ""Turkmen Music Styles""; ""Geok Tepe Muğam""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""

""The Functions of Music within the Nazi System of Genocide in Occupied Poland (Katarzyna Naliwajek-Mazurek)""""Introduction.…

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Subjects

Genocide Genocide -- history History MUSIC -- Instruction & Study Music and genocide

Writers

Wojciech, Klimczyk Świerzowska, Agata

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