Perspectives on German Popular Music

Contents

• Part 1: Histories and Foundations
• 1. A Fragile Kaleidoscope: Institutions, Methodologies, and Outlooks on German Popular Music (Studies) Michael Ahlers and Christoph Jacke
• 2. Popular Music Studies in Germany: from the Origins to the 1990s Helmut Roesing
• 3. Looking East: Popular Music Studies between Theory and Practice Peter Wicke
• Part 2: Arts and Experiments
• 4. Kosmische Musik: On Krautrock's Take Off Jens Gerrit Papenburg
• 5. Kraftwerk: The History and Aesthetics of a Pop-Cultural Concept Dirk Matejovski
• 6. Pophoerspiel: Popular music in radio art Holger Schulze
• Part 3: Mainstreams and Masses
• 7. Hit Men: Giorgio Moroder, Frank Farian and the Eurodisco-Sound of the 1970/80s Thomas Krettenauer
• 8. A Re-encounter with the Scorpions' 'Wind Of Change': Why I couldn't Stand it Then - What I Learn from Analysing it Now Ralf von Appen
• 9. Modern Talking, Musicology and I: Analysing and Interpreting Forbidden Fruit Andre Doehring
• 10. Rocking granny's living room: The new voices of the German Schlager Julio Mendivil
• Part 4: Niches and Subcultures
• 11. The Popularisation of Electronic Dance Music: German Artists/Producers and the Eurodance Phenomenon Nico Thom
• 12. Restless and Wild: Early West German Heavy Metal Dietmar Elflein
• 13. No Escape from Noise: Gerauschmusik Made in Germany Till Kniola
• 14. German Gothic: From Neue Deutsche Todeskunst to Neo-Victorian Steampunk Birgit Richard
• 15. 'The Interesting Ones': Hamburger Schule and the 'Secondariness' of German Pop Till Huber
• 16. Music, Line Dance and Country and Western-Themed Events: Insights into German Country Music Culture Stefanie Jager and Nils Kirschlager
• Part 5: Politics and Gender
• 17. Music of the Right-Wing Scene: Text Content, Distribution and Effects Georg Brunner
• 18. Rammstein Under Observation Susanne Binas-Preisendoerfer and Arne Wachtmann
• 19. Rap Music in Germany Ayla Guler Saied
• 20. 'Heulsusen-Pop': New Male Sensitivity in German Independent Music Maren Volkmann
• 21. From 'Frauenfest' to 'Bitchsm': Feminist Strategies in German Language Popular Music from the 1970s until Today Sonja Eismann
• Part 6: Germanness and Otherness
• 22. 'White Punks On Dope' in Germany: Nina Hagen's Punk Covers Moritz Bassler
• 23. Singing in German: Pop Music and the Question of Language Diedrich Diederichsen
• 24. Neue Deutsche Welle/NDW: From Punk to Mainstream Barbara Hornberger
• 25. Integrated Music Media Analysis: An Application to Trio Christofer Jost
• 26. Punk in Germany Philipp Meinert and Martin Seeliger
• 27. Popular Music from Austria Rosa Reitsamer
• 28. From Soundtrack of the Reunification to the Celebration of Germanness: Paul van Dyk and Peter Heppner's 'Wir sind Wir' as National Trance Anthem Melanie Schiller
• Part 7: Electronic Sounds and Cities
• 29. Concepts of Cologne Hans Nieswandt
• 30. Who Said It's Got to be 'Clean'? Stereotypes, Presets and Discontent in German Electronic Sound Studios Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt
• 31. The Berlin Sound of Techno Daniel Mateo and Sandra Passaro
• Part 8: Media and Industries
• 32. The History of the German Popular Music Industry in the Twentieth Century Klaus Nathaus
• 33. Pop on TV: The National and International Success of Radio Bremen's Beat Club Detlef Siegfried
• 34. German Music Talent Shows Nick Ruth and Holger Schramm .
• Bibliography
• Index