{"product_id":"the-necessity-of-music-variations-on-a-german-theme-hardback-9781487500689","title":"The Necessity of Music; Variations on a German Theme (Hardback) 9781487500689","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Necessity of Music\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVariations on a German Theme\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCelia Applegate (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487500689\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 April 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages, 19 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.72 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\u003e\"[Applegate] combines the interpretive tools of both historian and musicologist – methodologically, she writes as both, and the readership of this book should encompass both - and she forges an interpretive approach that draws the familiar and the unexpected together.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Philip V. Bohlman, University of Chicago (American Historical Review, Feb 2019) \u003cp\u003e\"Focused on the rich contexts of music, rather than on the musical texts themselves (that is, the scores), these essays are essential for scholars interested in the cultural history of music and German national identity across the past three centuries.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Tegan Niziol, University of Toronto (\u003cem\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Necessity of Music\u003c\/i\u003e, Celia Applegate explores the many ways that Germans thought about and made music from the eighteenth- to twentieth-centuries. Rather than focus on familiar stories of composers and their work Applegate illuminates the myriad ways in which music is integral to German social life. Musical life reflected the polycentric nature of German social and political life, even while it provided many opportunities to experience what was common among Germans. Musical activities also allowed Germans, whether professional musicians, dedicated amateurs, or simply listeners, to participate in European culture. Applegate\u0026amp;#x2019;s original and fascinating analysis of Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, and military music enables the reader to understand music through the experiences of listeners, performers, and institutions. \u003ci\u003eThe Necessity of Music\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that playing, experiencing, and interpreting music was a powerful factor that shaped German collective life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003ePART I: PLACES\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 How German Is It?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Music in Place\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Musical Itinerancy in a World of Nations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Music at the Fairs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003ePART II: PEOPLE\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Mendelssohn on the Road\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 The Internationalism of Nationalism in the Writings of A. B. Marx.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Schumann\u0026amp;#x2019;s German Nation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 The Musical Worlds of Brahms\u0026amp;#x2019; Hamburg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003ePART III: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 What Difference does a Nation Make?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Men with Trombones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Women\u0026amp;#x2019;s Wagner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 The Past and Present of \u003ci\u003eHausmusik\u003c\/i\u003e in the Third Reich\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 To be or not to be Wagnerian in Riefenstahl\u0026amp;#x2019;s Films\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Saving Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595448512792,"sku":"9781487500689","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-necessity-of-music-variations-on-a-german-theme-hardback-9781487500689","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}