Composing the Canon in the German Democratic Republic: Narratives of Nineteenth-Century Music
- Author: Kelly, Elaine
Elaine Kellys admirable book impresses immediately —
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Contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Bourgeois Pasts and Socialist Futures
- Part 1: Constructing the Canon
- Chapter 1: Writing the Nation
- Chapter 2: A Case of Wagner
- Part 2: Critiquing the Canon
- Chapter 3: Late Beethoven and Late Socialism
- Chapter 4: The Romantic Revival and the Search for Utopia
- Chapter 5: Staging Late Socialism: Ruth Berghaus and the German Opera Tradition
- Epilogue: Art After Socialism
- Bibliography