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Concert halls all over the world feature mostly the works of German andAustrian composers as their standard repertoire composers like the three Bsof classical music Bach Beethoven and Brahms all of whom are German. Overthe past three centuries many supporters of German music have even nurturedthe notion that the Germanspeaking world possesses a peculiar strength in thecultivation of music.This book brings together seventeen contributors from the fields of musicologyethnomusicology history and German literature to explore these questions howmusic came to be associated with German identity when and how Germans came tobe regarded as the people of music and how music came to be designated themost German of arts. Unlike previous volumes on this topic many of whichfocused primarily on Wagner and Nazism the essays here are wideranging andcomprehensive examining philosophy literature politics and social currentsas well as the creation and performance of folk music art music church musicjazz rock and pop.The result is a striking volume adeptly addressing the complexity and varietyof ways in which music insinuated itself into the German national imaginationand how it has continued to play a central role in the shaping of a Germanidentity.Contributors to this volumeCelia ApplegateDoris L. BergenPhilip BohlmanJoy Haslam CalicoBruce CampbellJohn DaverioThomas S. GreyJost HermandMichael H. KaterGesa KordesEdward LarkeyBruno NettlUta G. PoigerPamela PotterAlbrecht RiethmullerBernd SponheuerHans Rudolf Vaget «
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