Dreams of Germany

Neil Gregor is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Southampton.Thomas Irvine is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Southampton.

"A wonderful anthology that connects the European classical tradition with popular music in fascinating ways. It is a pleasure to read." - Ulrich Adelt, University of Wyoming

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionNeil Gregor and Thomas IrvinePART I: SPACES AND MOMENTS OF AFFECTChapter 1. "The German in the Concert Hall": Concert-going and National Belonging in the Early Twentieth CenturyHansjakob ZiemerChapter 2. "Music Made in Hamburg": How One City's Music Scene Helped Make Rock and Roll the Lingua Franca of YouthJulia SneeringerChapter 3. "With Every Inconceivable Finesse, Excess and Good Music": Sex, Affect, and Techno at Snax Club in BerlinLuis-Manuel GarciaPART II: THE LOCAL, THE REGIONAL, THE NATIONALChapter 4. Bruckner, Munich, and the Long Duree of Musical Listening Between the Imperial and the Post-War ErasNeil GregorChapter 5. Female Musicians and "Jewish" Music in the Jewish Kulturbund in Bavaria, 1934-1938Dana SmithChapter 6. Pride of Place: The 1963 Rebuilding of the Bayerische StaatsoperEmily Richmond PollockPART III: GLOBALISING MUSICAL GERMANNESSChapter 7. Was ist Japanisch: Wagnerism and Dreams of Nationhood in Modern JapanBrooke McCorkleChapter 8. Hubert Parry, Germany, and the "North"Thomas IrvinePART IV: FANTASIES, REMINISCENCES, DREAMS, NIGHTMARESChapter 9. Between Musicology and Mythology at the Stunde Null: Austria's 950th "Birthday" and the 50th Anniversary of Bruckner's DeathLK KamChapter 10. Hearing the Nazi Past in the German Democratic Republic: Antifascist Fantasies, Acoustic Realities, and Haunted Memories in Georg Katzer's Aide - Memoire (1983)Martha SpriggeChapter 11. Sprockets + Autobahn: Kraftwerk Parodies, German Electronic Music, and Retro Dreams in AmerikaSean NyeConclusionIndex