Symphonic aspirations : German music and politics, 1900-1945 /

"Can music be political? Germans have long claimed the symphony as a pillar of their modern national culture. By 1900, the critical discourse on music, particularly symphonies, rose to such prominence as to command front-page news. With the embrace of the Great War, the humiliation of defeat, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Painter, Karen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Music > Germany > 20th century > History and criticism.
National socialism and music.
Music > Political aspects > Germany > History > 20th century.
Nazisme et musique.
Musique > Aspect politique > Allemagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MUSIC / History & Criticism
Music.
Music > Political aspects.
Germany.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Tradition in a modern age : Bruckner and Mahler at the fin de siècle
  • Symphonic idealism in crisis
  • Symphonic conventions of a world past
  • Sensuality and redemption
  • The politics of tradition : Mahler and Bruckner, 1914-1933
  • Mahler's progressive legacy and the aestheticization of violence
  • Bruckner's nationalist legacy and the aestheticization of space
  • Symphonic traditions under National socialism
  • Symphonic ambitions and Hindemith's Mathis der Mahler symphony
  • Symphonic defeat.

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