Title Singing like Germans : Black musicians in the land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms / Kira Thurman

Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents How Beethoven Came to Black America -- African American Intellectual and Musical Migration to Central Europe, 1870-1914 -- The Sonic Color Line Belts the World : Constructing Race and Music in Central Europe, 1870-1914 -- Blackness and Classical Music in the Age of the Black Horror on the Rhine Campaign -- Singing Lieder, Hearing Race : Debating Blackness, Whiteness, and German Music in Interwar Central Europe -- "A Negro Who Sings German Lieder Jeopardizes German Culture" : Black Musicians under the Shadow of Nazism -- "And I Thought They Were A Decadent Race" : Denazification, the Cold War, and (African) American Involvement in Postwar West German Musical Life -- Breaking with the Past : Race, Gender, and Opera after 1945 -- Singing in the Promised Land : Black Musicians in the German Democratic Republic -- Conclusion : "What Should a Negro Do with Beethoven?!" Summary "This book examines the history of Black musicians in Germany and Austria in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries"-- Provided by publisher Analysis Marian Anderson, Black musicians, racism in germany, black classical music, classical music and racism, Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2021) Subject Musicians, Black -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Musicians, Black -- Austria -- History -- 20th century Musicians, Black -- Germany -- History -- 19th century Musicians, Black -- Austria -- History -- 19th century African American musicians -- Germany -- History -- 20th century African American musicians -- Austria -- History -- 20th century African American musicians -- Germany -- History -- 19th century African American musicians -- Austria -- History -- 19th century Music -- Social aspects -- Germany -- History Music -- Social aspects -- Austria -- History Music -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History Music -- Political aspects -- Austria -- History Music and race. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) African American musicians Music and race Music -- Political aspects Music -- Social aspects Musicians, Black Austria Germany Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021012389 ISBN 9781501759857 1501759868 9781501759864 150175985X

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