Musical Journeys: Performing Migration in Twentieth-Century Music (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781783274611)

The displacement of European musics and musicians is a defining feature of twentieth-century music history.

The displacement of European musics and musicians is a defining feature of twentieth-century music history. Musical Journeys uses vignettes of migratory moments in the works of Hanns Eisler in Paris, M疸y疽 Seiber in London, and Istv疣 Anhalt in Montreal to investigate concepts of identity construction and musical aesthetics in the light of migratory experiences.

Moving between the Austro-Hungarian Empire, proto-fascist Hungary, fascist Germany, war-time Britain, post-war Canada, and socialist East Germany, the book explores aspects of musical migrant culture including creative responses to nationalist ideas and politics, the role of cultural institutions in promoting (or censoring) the works of immigrant composers, and the complex interaction between Jewish identity and memory. It contends that an approach to music through the lens of migration can challenge and enrich socio-cultural understandings of music as well as conceptions of music historiography.

Drawing on exile, diaspora, migration and mobilities studies, critical theory, and post-colonial and cultural studies, Musical Journeys weaves detailed biographical and contextual historical knowledge and analytical insights into music into an intricate fabric that does justice to the complexity of the musical migratory experience.

FLORIAN SCHEDING is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Bristol.

Author: Florian Scheding
ISBN-10: 1783274611
ISBN-13: 9781783274611
Publisher: Boydell Press
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2019
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d