Edited by Michael J. Budds
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Paper [8.9 x 6; 213 pages]
ISBN-10: 1576470725
ISBN-13: 978-1576470725
Many commentators have observed that the influence of jazz and related popular musics on musical practice beyond American borders should be considered one of the most dynamic developments of the twentieth century. This collection of essays concentrates on American influences in Germany, where such unlikely "foreign" elements enjoyed a remarkable vogue for much of the past century, not only in the realm of popular culture but in the realm of high art as well.
Against the tumultuous social and political upheavals of modern Germany there evolved a fascinating musical sound track that introduced German musicians and their public to ragtime, spirituals, the blues, later dance music, and jazz with resulting opportunities for imitation and assimilation. In this volume American scholars from various academic perspectives—Alan Lareau (German studies), Frank Tirro (musicology), E. Douglas Bomberger (musicology), Dane Heuchemer (musicology), Kathryn Smith Bowers (music education), and David Snowball (rhetoric and communication) are joined by German musician-scholars—Joachim Lucchesi, Carlo Bohländer, and Heinz Werner Zimmermann.
Contents:
- Michael J. Budds — The New World Enriches the Old
- Alan Lareau — Jonny's Jazz: From Kabarett to Krenek
- Frank Tirro — Jazz Leaves Home: The Dissemination of "Hot" Music to Central Europe
- E. Douglas Bomberger — European Perceptions of Ragtime: Hindemith and Stravinsky
- Dane Heuchemer — American Popular Musician Hindemith's Royal Palace and Krenek's Jonny spielt auf: Influences and Usage
- Kathryn Smith Bowers — East Meets West: Contributions of Mátyás Seiber to Jazz in Germany
- Joachim Lucchesi — Hanns Eisler: Jazz as a Weapon
- David Snowball — Controlling Degenerate Music: Jazz in the Third Reich
- Carlo Bohländer — The Evolution of Jazz Culture in Frankfurt: A Memoir
- Heinz Werner Zimmermann — The Influence of American Music on a German Composer
