New Music, New Allies: American Experimental Music in West Germany from the Zero Hour to Reunification

Amy C. Beal

Published by University of California Press 2006

New Music, New Allies

American Experimental Music in West Germany from the Zero Hour to Reunification

Amy C. Beal
Edited by: Amy C. Beal

In the series California Studies in 20th-Century Music

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520932814

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New Music, New Allies documents how American experimental music and its practitioners came to prominence in the West German cultural landscape between the end of the Second World War in 1945 and the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990. Beginning with the reeducation programs implemented by American military officers during the postwar occupation of West Germany and continuing through the cultural policies of the Cold War era, this broad history chronicles German views on American music, American composers’ pursuit of professional opportunities abroad, and the unprecedented dissemination and support their music enjoyed through West German state-subsidized radio stations, new music festivals, and international exchange programs.

Framing the biographies of prominent American composer-performers within the aesthetic and ideological contexts of the second half of the twentieth century, Amy C. Beal follows the international careers of John Cage, Henry Cowell, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, David Tudor, Frederic Rzewski, Christian Wolff, Steve Reich, Pauline Oliveros, Conlon Nancarrow, and many others to Donaueschingen, Darmstadt, Cologne, Bremen, Berlin, and Munich.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Introduction: West Germany and the American Experimental Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 The American Occupation and Agents of Reeducation (1945-1950) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
2. Debuts (1950-1954) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
3. Ambassadors for the American Avant-Garde (1955-1958) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
4. Musics of Change: Action after Cage (1959-1961) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
5. Changing of the Guards (1962—1970) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
6. The Pluralism Paradigm (1970-1974) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
7. New Allies and Old Heroes (1975-1990) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Conclusion: From Darmstadt to Halberstadt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327

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Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 360
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- Other: 10 b/w photographs
Keywords: Music; General

eBook

Published: August 31, 2006
ISBN: 9780520932814

Hardcover

Planned Publication: August 31, 2006
ISBN: 9780520247550