Classical music in Weimar Germany : culture and politics before the Third Reich / Brendan Fay.

"From Hitler's notorious fondness for Wagner's operas to classical music's role in fuelling German chauvinism in the era of the world wars, many observers have pointed to a distinct relationship between German culture and reactionary politics. In Classical Music in Weimar Germany...

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Main Author: Fay, Brendan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: German music and the Nazi past
  • (Re)Composing the nation: music, war, and the German inflation, 1918-1924
  • Radios and records : image and reality in Weimar technology
  • Internationalism, nationalism and the case of Hans Joachim Moser
  • Wagner under Weimar
  • Judging performance, performing judgments : race and performance in Weimar Germany
  • Epilogue : Rethinking tradition.