Totalitarianism, Intentionalism, and Fascism in Cold War Cultural Histories
In: Art of Suppression, S. 130-174
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In: Art of Suppression, S. 130-174
In: Art of Suppression, S. 175-214
In: Art of Suppression, S. 1-47
In: Art of Suppression, S. 215-252
In: Art of Suppression, S. 89-129
In: Central European history, Band 47, Heft 2, S. 446-448
ISSN: 1569-1616
In: Central European history, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 525-527
ISSN: 1569-1616
In: Central European history, Band 40, Heft 4, S. 623-651
ISSN: 1569-1616
In 1981, the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung, the official society of German musicologists, held its first formal session on the subject of "Music in the 1930s." Rudolf Stephan, then president of the society, concluded his opening remarks with the following admonition
In: German politics and society, Band 25, Heft 4, S. 111-115
ISSN: 1045-0300, 0882-7079
In: Contemporary European history, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 585-599
ISSN: 1469-2171
In: Central European history, Band 39, Heft 2, S. 350-352
ISSN: 1569-1616
The impetus among Germany's cultural elite to mark the end of World War II as a "zero hour" has been analyzed mainly as a German phenomenon, with considerably less attention to the role of the occupying forces in fostering that mentality. Settling Scores offers a long-awaited analysis of the American Military Government's precarious navigation in the music world, one of the most sensitive cultural areas for both the conquerors and the conquered. Most histories of twentieth-century German music and culture suffer from a basic misunderstanding of this tumultuous time and uncritically accept many of the prejudices it engendered. As this study demonstrates, the notion of a musical "zero hour" is one such misconception, for the imperfect projects of denazification and reeducation left the musical world of the post-war period largely indistinguishable from its pre-war existence. Based on thorough archival research, interviews with eyewitnesses, and a wide range of literature, this highly readable and engaging history reveals in detail the successes and failures of the Military Government's ambitious agenda to root out the musical "Führers" of the Third Reich and to transform music from a tool of nationalist aggression to one of democratic tolerance.
In: Central European history, Band 38, Heft 1, S. 160-163
ISSN: 1569-1616