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The Oxford Handbook of Music Censorship
The Oxford Handbook of Music Censorship
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Throughout history and across the globe, governments have taken a strong hand in censoring music. Whether in the interests of safeguarding the moral and religious values of their citizens or of promoting their own political goals, the character and severity of actions taken to suppress and
control music that has been categorized as unacceptable, immoral, or as the Nazi's termed the music of Jewish and modernist composers, degenerate, ranges from economic sanctions to forced immigration, imprisonment, and death. Yet in almost all cases composers found methods to counter this
suppression and to let their voices be heard, even through the very music they were often forced to compose for the oppressing parties. In this first major collection of its kind, thirty contributors tackle centuries of music censorship across the globe from the medieval era to the modern day. Case studies address a number of instances both well- and lesser-known, including the tumultuous history of Wagner and Israel, rap music in
the United States, silencing of women composers, and music in post-revolutionary Iran. Sections are organized by nature of censorship - religious, racial, and sexual - and type of government enforcement - democratic, totalitarian, and transitional. Focusing on individual composers and artists as
well as eras within single countries, this Handbook champions the efficacy of music as an agent of collective power and resilience.
Author: Patricia Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/25/2017
Pages: 724
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780199733163
control music that has been categorized as unacceptable, immoral, or as the Nazi's termed the music of Jewish and modernist composers, degenerate, ranges from economic sanctions to forced immigration, imprisonment, and death. Yet in almost all cases composers found methods to counter this
suppression and to let their voices be heard, even through the very music they were often forced to compose for the oppressing parties. In this first major collection of its kind, thirty contributors tackle centuries of music censorship across the globe from the medieval era to the modern day. Case studies address a number of instances both well- and lesser-known, including the tumultuous history of Wagner and Israel, rap music in
the United States, silencing of women composers, and music in post-revolutionary Iran. Sections are organized by nature of censorship - religious, racial, and sexual - and type of government enforcement - democratic, totalitarian, and transitional. Focusing on individual composers and artists as
well as eras within single countries, this Handbook champions the efficacy of music as an agent of collective power and resilience.
Author: Patricia Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/25/2017
Pages: 724
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.00lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780199733163
About the Author
Patricia Hall is Professor and Chair of Music Theory at the University of Michigan. Her publications include A View of Berg's Lulu Through the Autograph Sources (University of California Press, 1997) and Berg's Wozzeck (OUP, 2011).
