Singing like Germans: black musicians in the land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms

Singing Like Germans -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Introduction -- Part I: 1870-1914 -- 1. How Beethoven Came to Black America: German Musical Universalism and Black Education after the Civil War -- 2. African American Intellectual and Musical Migration to the Kaiserreich -- 3. The Sonic Color Line Belts the World: Constructing Race and Music in Central Europe -- Part II: 1918-1945 -- 4. Blackness and Classical Music in the Age of the Black Horror on the Rhine Campaign -- 5. Singing Lieder, Hearing Race: Debating Blackness, Whiteness, and German Music in Interwar Central Europe -- 6. "A Negro Who Sings German Lieder Jeopardizes German Culture": Black Musicians under the Shadow of Nazism -- Part III: 1945-1961 -- 7. "And I Thought They Were a Decadent Race": Denazification, the Cold War, and (African) American Involvement in Postwar West German Musical Life -- 8. Breaking with the Past: Race, Gender, and Opera after 1945 -- 9. Singing in the Promised Land: Black Musicians in the German Democratic Republic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- Introduction -- Part I 1870–1914 -- Chapter 1 How Beethoven Came to Black America -- Chapter 2 African American Intellectual and Musical Migration to the Kaiserreich -- Chapter 3 The Sonic Color Line Belts the World -- Part II 1918–1945 -- Chapter 4 Blackness and Classical Music in the Age of the Black Horror on the Rhine Campaign -- Chapter 5 Singing Lieder, Hearing Race -- Chapter 6 "A Negro Who Sings German Lieder Jeopardizes German Culture" -- Part III 1945–1961 -- Chapter 7 "And I Thought They Were a Decadent Race" -- Chapter 8 Breaking with the Past -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

How Beethoven Came to Black America -- African American Intellectual and Musical Migration to Central Europe, 1870-1914 -- The Sonic Color Line Belts the World : Constructing Race and Music in Central Europe, 1870-1914 -- Blackness and Classical Music in the Age of the Black Horror on the Rhine Campaign -- Singing Lieder, Hearing Race : Debating Blackness, Whiteness, and German Music in Interwar Central Europe -- "A Negro Who Sings German Lieder Jeopardizes German Culture" : Black Musicians under the Shadow of Nazism -- "And I Thought They Were A Decadent Race" : Denazification, the Cold War, and (African) American Involvement in Postwar West German Musical Life -- Breaking with the Past : Race, Gender, and Opera after 1945 -- Singing in the Promised Land : Black Musicians in the German Democratic Republic -- Conclusion : "What Should a Negro Do with Beethoven?!".