Protest song in East and West Germany since the 1960s /

The modern German political song is a hybrid of high and low culture. With its roots in the birth of mass culture in the 1920s, it employs communicative strategies of popular song. Yet its tendencies toward philosophical, poetic, and musical sophistication reveal intellectual aspirations. This volum...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Robb, David, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2007.
Series:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Protest songs > Germany > 20th century > History and criticism.
Music > Political aspects > Germany > 20th century.
Chansons contestataires > Allemagne > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Musique > Aspect politique > Allemagne > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Music > Political aspects
Protest songs
Germany
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The reception of Vormärz and 1848 revolutionary song in West Germany and the GDR ; Mühsam, Brecht, Eisler, and the twentieth-century revolutionary heritage ; Narrative role-play as communication strategy in German protest song / David Robb
  • The Burg Waldeck festivals, 1964-1969 ; The folk and Liedermacher scene in the federal republic in the 1970s and 1980s / Eckhard Holler
  • Konstantin Wecker : political songs between anarchy and humanity / Annette Blühdorn
  • Wolf Biermann : die Heimat ist weit / Peter Thompson
  • Political song in the GDR : the cat-and-mouse game with censorship and institutions ; The demise of political song and the new discourse of techno in the Berlin republic / David Robb.

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