Rubble music : occupying the ruins of postwar Berlin, 1945-1950 /

Publication Type:

Book

Source:

Bloomington, Indiana :, United States, p.x, 183 pages : (2019)

Call Number:

ML275.8.B47

Mots-clés:

20th century, Germany, History and criticism., Music

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.Introduction -- Berlin soundscapes of defeat and occupation -- Occupied music: the Berlin Philharmonic and the American military -- Rubble opera after 1945: East Berlin's Staatsoper and West Berlin's Städtische Oper -- Embodied and disembodied voices: listening to sonic ruins -- Berlin 1945: toward a ruin aesthetic in music -- Conclusion.