Helma Kaldewey

A People's Music

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This first full history of jazz over the lifespan of East Germany, from 1945 to 1990, draws on previously unexamined sources and vivid eyewitness accounts to reveal the experiences of jazz musicians and fans, and the surprising ways state policies sought to manage and control jazz during the cultural Cold War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9781108731928
• ISBN-10: 1108731929
• Artikelnr.: 62152639

Autorenporträt

Helma Kaldewey received her Ph.D. from Tulane University, Louisiana. She is a musicologist, longtime teacher and researcher in the history of jazz. She has written and produced films about New Orleans' music culture in partnership with German public media.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Selected chronology
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Jazz in Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1945
2. Jazz in the Soviet Zone, 1945-1949
3. Jazz in the founding years of the GDR, 1949-1961
4. Jazz behind the wall, 1961-1971
5. The rise of new jazz, 1971-1979
6. 'A national treasure': jazz made in the GDR, 1980-1990
Archival sources
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.