{"product_id":"rubble-music-occupying-the-ruins-of-postwar-berlin-1945-1950-hardback-9780253042415","title":"Rubble Music; Occupying the Ruins of Postwar Berlin, 1945–1950 (Hardback) 9780253042415","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRubble Music\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOccupying the Ruins of Postwar Berlin, 1945–1950\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAbby Anderton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253042415\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 July 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e194 pages, 20 b\u0026amp;w illus., 7 music exx. - 20 Illustrations, black and white - 7 Printed music items\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.435 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an outstanding piece of interdisciplinary scholarship. . . . Essential.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eThis book strength is how successfully Anderton weaves together the narratives of musicians, directors, composers, and performers into examinations of the compositions being performed, the varied approaches to denazification across the occupied zones, and broader themes of German suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e - Meghan Ashley Vance - Texas A\u0026amp;M (H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the seat of Hitler's government, Berlin was the most frequently targeted city in Germany for Allied bombing campaigns during World War II. Air raids shelled celebrated monuments, left homes uninhabitable, and reduced much of the city to nothing but rubble. After the war's end, this apocalyptic landscape captured the imagination of artists, filmmakers, and writers, who used the ruins to engage with themes of alienation, disillusionment, and moral ambiguity. In \u003ci\u003eRubble Music\u003c\/i\u003e, Abby Anderton explores the classical music culture of postwar Berlin, analyzing archival documents, period sources, and musical scores to identify the sound of civilian suffering after urban catastrophe. Anderton reveals how rubble functioned as a literal, figurative, psychological, and sonic element by examining the resonances of trauma heard in the German musical repertoire after 1945. With detailed explorations of reconstituted orchestral ensembles, opera companies, and radio stations, as well as analyses of performances and compositions that were beyond the reach of the Allied occupiers, Anderton demonstrates how German musicians worked through, cleared away, or built over the debris and devastation of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Berlin Soundscapes of Defeat and Occupation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Occupied Music: The Berlin Philharmonic and the American Military\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Rubble Opera after 1945: East Berlin's Staatsoper and West Berlin's Städtische Oper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Embodied and Disembodied Voices: Listening to Sonic Ruins\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Berlin 1945: Towards a Ruin Aesthetic in Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525279445272,"sku":"9780253042415","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rubble-music-occupying-the-ruins-of-postwar-berlin-1945-1950-hardback-9780253042415","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}