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Tag: music history

On the road

14 April 2020

The most intellectual of US rivers

By Elisabeth Reisinger

As the “King of Swing”, clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman was the archetypical representative of the US entertainment industry in the late 1930s. It is less well known that he also made a name for himself in the sphere of classical music, especially in the USA. The Schrödinger fellow Elisabeth Reisinger explores that side of […] Continue reading “The most intellectual of US rivers”

Projects

23 March 2020

Wien-Film as an ideological music lab

Moving pictures and music are an ideal and/or lethal combination if you want to win over the minds and hearts of people. In Nazi propaganda these tools were orchestrated almost to perfection. But how exactly did film music support the Nazi ideology and what was the contribution of “Wien-Film”, the Vienna film company which was […] Continue reading “Wien-Film as an ideological music lab”

Projects

17 February 2020

Young Beethoven in a new light

Ludwig van Beethoven and sacred music? Given that he composed “only” two masses, the assumption was that he did not really consider it a priority. Research on the music collection of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, Maximilian Franz, has now shown, however, that young Beethoven’s years as a church musician in Bonn had a greater impact […] Continue reading “Young Beethoven in a new light”

Projects

2 January 2018

The musical map of Vienna

Bringing Vienna, the city of music, to life in every facet is the intent of a current interactive project. Supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a research team is reconstructing the musical life of the city from 1945 to the present day. Its continuity and discontinuities are a reflection of contemporaneous political and social […] Continue reading “The musical map of Vienna”

Projects

27 July 2015

A web archive documents Anton Bruckner’s oeuvre

The entire oeuvre of Anton Bruckner has recently been made available online. The web archive www.bruckner-online.at offers fans of Bruckner and researchers unique access to autograph manuscripts, first editions and images of the Austrian composer. Continue reading “A web archive documents Anton Bruckner’s oeuvre”

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