Victoria Fischer – författare

This compilation of essays spans a wide range of individual perspectives within the varied disciplines related to Bartók's life and work. The nineteen chapters together constitute a broad yet integrated picture of the Hungarian composer's contributions to twentieth-century music and scholarship. While self-contained, each chapter contributes to a larger scheme of interrelated subjects that provide a coherent view of the Bartók field. The book also contains integrative theoretic-analytical approaches to Bartók's musical language that demonstrate relations between the modalities and rhythms of folk music and his more abstract musical principles. Some chapters examine Bartók's folk-music materials in connection with his fieldwork, transcription techniques, classification methodology, and compositional influences. Other chapters explore Bartók's system of composition from its early stages to maturity by way of his abstract works and his folk-music transcriptions. The book also addresses the relevance of Bartók's work to broader historical, philosophical, and folkloristic, compositional, performance, and reception issues.

Die Uberwindung gewaltsamer Konflikte und eine haufig damit einhergehende geschlechtsspezifische Pragung wurde in der geschichtswissenschaftlichen Forschung bisher nur selten in den Blick genommen. Der Band zeigt die Wandelbarkeit des Konzepts und des Begriffs der Versohnung und die damit verbundenen Normen und Werte in historischer Perspektive unter Berucksichtigung der Kategorie Geschlecht. Dabei wird der Einfluss verschiedener geschlechtsspezifischer Deutungs- und Handlungsmuster auf Vorstellungen und Praktiken von Versohnung hin untersucht. Die Beitrage des Bandes thematisieren sowohl die individuelle als auch die kollektive Ebene der Versohnung in Landern Europas, Lateinamerikas, Afrikas, dem Nahen Osten und den USA von etwa 1850 bis in das spate 20. Jahrhundert hinein. The overcoming of violent conflicts and the gender-specific characteristics that often accompany them have rarely been addressed in historical research to date. This volume demonstrates the mutability of the concept and term of reconciliation and the associated norms and values from a historical perspective, taking gender into account. It examines the influence of various gender-specific patterns of interpretation and action on ideas and practices of reconciliation. The contributions in this volume address both the individual and collective levels of reconciliation in countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and the USA from around 1850 to the late 20th century.