Classical Music in Weimar Germany - Culture and Politics before the Third Reich (Paperback)

From Hitler’s notorious fondness for Wagner’s operas to classical music’s role in fuelling German chauvinism in the era of the world wars, many observers have pointed to a distinct relationship between German culture and reactionary politics. In Classical Music in Weimar Germany, Brendan Fay challenges this paradigm by reassessing the relationship between conservative musical culture and German politics. Drawing upon a range of archival sources, concert reviews and satirical cartoons, Fay maps the complex path of classical music culture from Weimar to Nazi Germany—a trajectory that was more crooked, uneven, or broken than straight. Through an examination of topics as varied as radio and race to nationalism, this book demonstrates the diversity of competing aesthetic, philosophical and political ideals held by German music critics that were a hallmark of Weimar Germany. Rather than seeing the cultural conservatism of this period as a natural prelude for the violence and destruction later unleashed by Nazism, this fascinating book sheds new light on traditional culture and its relationship to the rise of Nazism in 20th-century Germany.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2021
Authors:	Brendan Fay
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-22624-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Books > Music > General
LSN:	1-350-22624-6
Barcode:	9781350226241

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