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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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This 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.

-- Meghan Ashley Vance - Texas A&M * H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences *

Table of 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: Towards a Ruin Aesthetic in Music


Conclusion


Bibliography



Index

Rubble Music Occupying the Ruins of Postwar

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 23/07/2019
      ISBN13: 9780253042422, 978-0253042422
      ISBN10: 0253042429
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Trade Review

      This is an outstanding piece of interdisciplinary scholarship. . . . Essential.

      * Choice *

      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.

      -- Meghan Ashley Vance - Texas A&M * H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences *

      Table of 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: Towards a Ruin Aesthetic in Music


      Conclusion


      Bibliography



      Index

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