Concert halls all over the world feature mostly the works of German and Austrian composers as their standard repertoire: composers like the three "Bs" of classi

This book argues for the importance of popular music in negotiations of national identity, and Germanness in particular. By discussing diverse musical genres an

An indispensable study of nineteenth-century German music, history and nationalism. Music played a central role in the self-conception of middle-class Germans b

In Singing Like Germans, Kira Thurman tells the sweeping story of Black musicians in German-speaking Europe over more than a century. Thurman brings to life the

Classical music was central to German national identity in the early twentieth century. The preeminence of composers such as Bach and Beethoven and artists such