Musical Journeys: Performing Migration in Twentieth-Century Music

by Florian Scheding

The displacement of European musics and musicians is a defining feature of twentieth-century music history. Musical Journeys uses vignettes of migratory moments in the works of Hanns Eisler in Paris, Mtys Seiber in London, and Istvn Anhalt in Montreal to investigate concepts of identity construction and musical aesthetics in the light of migratory experiences.

Moving between the Austro-Hungarian Empire, proto-fascist Hungary, fascist Germany,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783274611
• ISBN13: 9781783274611
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"