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With the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, a third of the world's population came to live under communist regimes. Over the next forty years, the lives of most people in the non-communist world were also shaped in some way by communism and the Cold War waged against it. In the cases of many artists, intellectuals and workers, this involvement was wished and active. Yet, while the left-leaning tendencies of western artists have long been recognised, the extent and depth of musicians' involvement in communism specifically has been largely ignored, suppressed, or dismissed as youthful infatuation.
The present volume offers, for the first time, a representative overview of the relationship of music and communism outside the communist bloc. Ranging across multiple musical genres, five continents, and seven decades, the nineteen chapters address both prominent musicians who aligned themselves with communism, and the investments in music of a range of… Read More

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Description: The Reformation of Ritual explores the function of ritual in early modern German society, and the extent to which it was modified by the Reformation. Employing anthropological insights and drawing on extensive archival research, Susan Karant-Nunn outlines the significance of the ceremonial changes. This comprehensive study includes an examination of all major rites of passage: birth, baptism, confirmation, engagement, marriage, penance, the Eucharist and dying. The author argues that the changes in ritual made over the course of the century reflect more than theological shifts; ritual was a means of imposing discipline and of making the divine more or less accessible. This study provides insight into the politics of reforming religion and into the practices of the wider congregation in early modern Germany.

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Rethinking Mendelssohn offers a new perspective on Mendelssohn's music and aesthetics, arguing for a fresh critical understanding of the composer, his music, and its central relationship to nineteenth-century culture. Building on the renaissance in Mendelssohn scholarship of the last two decades, the present book sets a new tone for research on Mendelssohn, challenging the traditional modes of discourse about this composer in moving beyond rehabilitation and source studies to engage in rigorous criticism and analysis. In a word, it seeks to rethink the issues that shaped Mendelssohn, his music and its reception from his own day down to the present. This volume includes contributions from younger, emerging scholars as well as from some of the most prominent figures outside specialist Mendelssohn circles in order to open up new ways of understanding the composer and set out future directions in Mendelssohn studies. Particular attention is given here to Mendelssohn's contested views… Read More

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Contents: Vorwort des Herausgebers der Reihe / Christoph Helm; Einleitung der Herausgeber des Buches / Rainer Schmitt, Jürgen Habelt, Christoph Helm; Der weifische Hof in Wolfenbüttel : ein Ãœberblick / Matthias Meinhardt; Musik am Wolfenbütteler Hof / Rainer Schmitt; Herzog Heinrich Julius als Förderer der Orgelkunst / Gerhard Aumüller; Ein "Höltzern Orgelwerck" für Herzogin Elisabeth / Winfried Eisner; Liebliche Klänge aus den Kammern : der Hoflautenist Gregorius Huwet / Sigrid Wirth; Michael Praetorius und die Wolfenbütteler Hofkapelle / Siegfried Vogelsänger; Höfische Festmusiken unter Michael Praetorius / Siegfried Vogelsänger; Sophie Elisabeth : eine komponierende Herzogin / Jürgen Habelt; Heinrich Schütz als Oberkapellmeister "von Haus aus" / Arne Spohr; Johann Rosenmüller alias "Giovanni Rosenmiller" / Josef Floßdorf; Glanz und Ende der Wolfenbütteler Hofmusik : die "Ära Schürmann" Carsten Niemann; Die Kapellmeister am Hof zu Wolfenbüttel im überblick / Carsten… Read More