Description
Book SynopsisIn 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.
Trade ReviewThis is an outstanding piece of interdisciplinary scholarship. . . . Essential.
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This book strength is how successfully Anderton weaves together the narratives of musicians, directors, composers, and performers into examinations of the compositions being performed, the varied approaches to denazification across the occupied zones, and broader themes of German suffering.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
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: Towards a Ruin Aesthetic in Music
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
