The political orchestra : the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics during the Third Reich
Trümpi, Fritz2016
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This is a groundbreaking study of the prestigious Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics during the Third Reich. Making extensive use of archival material, including some discussed here for the first time, Fritz Trümpi offers new insight into the orchestras' place in the larger political constellation. Trümpi looks first at the decades preceding National Socialist rule, when the competing orchestras, whose rivalry mirrored a larger rivalry between Berlin and Vienna, were called on to represent 'superior' Austro-German music and were integrated into the administrative and social structures of their respective cities - becoming vulnerable to political manipulation in the process. He then turns to the Nazi period, when the orchestras came to play a major role in cultural policies.
Main title:
The political orchestra : the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics during the Third Reich / Fritz Trümpi ; translated by Kenneth Kronenberg.
Author:
Trümpi, Fritz, authorKronenberg, Kenneth, 1946-, translator
Imprint:
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Collation:
327 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780226251394 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
784.206043784.206043155
Language:
EnglishGerman
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Subject:
Wiener Philharmoniker -- Political activity -- History -- 20th centuryBerliner Philharmoniker -- Political activity -- History -- 20th centuryNational socialism and music -- AustriaNational socialism and musicOrchestra -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th centuryMusic -- Political aspects -- Austria -- History -- 20th centuryMusic -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryMusic
BRN:
853840