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European history has rarely met changes as rapid, dense and radical
as those that have taken place in the regions of the former
Austro-Hungarian Empire over the past hundred years. This cultural
area has experienced political conflicts, the setting and
dissolution of borders, and the construction of similarities,
differences, and ever-new identities.Being tied to text, vocal
music genres reflect such changes especially strongly. Operas and
operettas, oratorios and cantatas, choir music, folksongs, and pop
and rock hits have all helped to establish identities in many ways,
connecting people on national, ethnical, local or social levels.The
contributions to this volume represent the proceedings of the
Annual Congress of the Austrian Society for Musicology
(OEsterreichische Gesellschaft fur Musikwissenschaft - OEGMw) in
2014. They open multiple perspectives on the identity-relevant
implications of every kind of vocal music from the last days of the
Habsburg Empire to the present day. As such, the book places the
extensively discussed concept of Nationalism in music in the wider
context of identity building.
A quarter of a century ago, glasnost opened the door for a new look
at Russian emigre culture unimpeded by the sterile concepts of Cold
War cultural politics. Easier access to archives and a
comprehensive approach to culture as a multi-faceted phenomenon,
not restricted to single phenomena or individuals, have since
contributed to a better understanding of the processes within the
emigre community, of its links with the lost home country, and of
the interaction with the cultural life of the countries of
adoption.This volume offers a collection of critical articles that
resulted from the international interdisciplinary symposium which
was held at Saarland University in November 2011 as part of a
one-week festival, "Russian Music in Exile". Scholars from around
the world contributed essays reflecting current perspectives on
Russian emigre culture, shedding new light on cultural diplomacy,
literature, art, and music, and covering essentially the whole 20th
century, from pre-revolutionary movements to the present. The
interdisciplinary approach of the volume shows that emigre networks
were not confined to a particular segment of culture, but united
composers, artists, critics, and even diplomats. On the whole, the
contributions to this volume document the fascinating diversity,
the internal contradictions, as well as the impact that the largest
and most durable emigre movement of the 20th century had on
European cultural life.
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