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Rubble Music : Occupying the Ruins of Postwar Berlin, 1945-1950.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (160 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253042446
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rubble MusicDDC classification:
  • 780.94315509044
LOC classification:
  • ML275.8.B47 .A534 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Berlin Soundscapes of Defeat and Occupation -- 2. Occupied Music: The Berlin Philharmonic and the American Military -- 3. Rubble Opera after 1945: East Berlin's Staatsoper and West Berlin's Städtische Oper -- 4. Embodied and Disembodied Voices: Listening to Sonic Ruins -- 5. Berlin 1945: Toward a Ruin Aesthetic in Music -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: In Rubble Music, Abby Anderton explores the classical music culture of postwar Berlin, analyzing archival documents, period sources, and musical scores to identify the sound of civilian suffering after urban catastrophe.
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Berlin Soundscapes of Defeat and Occupation -- 2. Occupied Music: The Berlin Philharmonic and the American Military -- 3. Rubble Opera after 1945: East Berlin's Staatsoper and West Berlin's Städtische Oper -- 4. Embodied and Disembodied Voices: Listening to Sonic Ruins -- 5. Berlin 1945: Toward a Ruin Aesthetic in Music -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

In Rubble Music, Abby Anderton explores the classical music culture of postwar Berlin, analyzing archival documents, period sources, and musical scores to identify the sound of civilian suffering after urban catastrophe.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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