Symphonic Aspirations : : German Music and Politics, 1900-1945 / / Karen Painter.
Painter examines the politicization of musical listening in Germany and Austria, showing how nationalism, anti-Semitism, liberalism, and socialism profoundly affected the experience of music. She draws on extensive writings on the symphony, particularly those of Mahler and Bruckner, to offer evidenc...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Tradition in a Modern Age: Bruckner and Mahler at the Fin de siècle -- 1. Symphonic Idealism in Crisis -- 2. Symphonic Conventions of a World Past -- 3. Sensuality and Redemption -- II. The Politics of Tradition: Mahler and Bruckner, 1914-1933 -- 4. Mahler's Progressive Legacy and the Aestheticization of Violence -- 5. Bruckner's Nationalist Legacy and the Aestheticization of Space -- III. Symphonic Traditions under National Socialism -- 6. Symphonic Ambitions and Hindemith's Mathis der Maler Symphony -- 7. Symphonic Defeat -- Notes -- Index |
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| Summary: | Painter examines the politicization of musical listening in Germany and Austria, showing how nationalism, anti-Semitism, liberalism, and socialism profoundly affected the experience of music. She draws on extensive writings on the symphony, particularly those of Mahler and Bruckner, to offer evidence that music can and did serve ideological ends. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780674033597 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
| DOI: | 10.4159/9780674033597?locatt=mode:legacy |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Karen Painter. |