The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945
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The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945

Propaganda, Myth and Reality

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The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945

Propaganda, Myth and Reality

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Following their entry into Austria and the Sudetenland in the late 1930s, the Germans attempted to impose a policy of cultural imperialism on the countries they went on to occupy during World War II. Almost all music institutions in the occupied lands came under direct German control or were subject to severe scrutiny and censorship, the prime objective being to change the musical fabric of these nations and force them to submit to the strictures of Nazi ideology.

This pioneering collection of essays is the first in the English language to look in more detail at the musical consequences of German occupation during a dark period in European history. It embraces a wide range of issues, presenting case studies involving musical activity in a number of occupied European cities, as well as in countries that were part of the Axis or had established close diplomatic relations with Germany. The wartime careers and creative outputs of individual musicians who were faced with the dilemma of either complying with or resisting the impositions of the occupiers are explored. In addition, there is some reflection on the post-war implications of German occupation for the musical environment in Europe.

Music under German Occupation is written for all music-lovers, students, professionals and academics who have particular interests in 20th-century music and/or the vicissitudes of European cultural life during World War II.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
ISBN
9781351862585
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
German History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables
  8. List of appendices
  9. List of contributors
  10. List of abbreviations
  11. Introduction: the foundations of Nazi musical imperialism
  12. SECTION 1 Musical life, resistance and destruction in occupied European capitals
  13. SECTION 2 Adaptation and opportunism
  14. SECTION 3 Appropriations and reputations
  15. SECTION 4 Between two evils
  16. SECTION 5 The limits of tolerance
  17. SECTION 6 Damaged careers
  18. 17 (Re)visiting the (Jewish) archive of Gideon Klein – Terezín, 1941–1944
  19. 18 Eugeniusz Morawski: life under the Nazi occupation of Warsaw
  20. SECTION 7 Symphonies of war and resistance
  21. SECTION 8 Complex and uneasy legacies
  22. Index