- Summary
- "This book examines the history of Black musicians in Germany and Austria in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Thurman, Kira, author.
- Published
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021
©2021
- Locale
- Germany
Austria
Allemagne
Autriche
- Contents
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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?!".
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-340) and 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?!".
