Socialist Laments
Musical Mourning in the German Democratic Republic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8078833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martha Sprigge (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Socialist Laments (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780197546321.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W3185249427 |
| ISBN | 9780197546321 |
| Open Library | OL34689198M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Antifascist and socialist monuments pervaded the landscape of the former German Democratic Republic (1949–1989), presenting a distorted vision of the national past. Official commemorative culture in East Germany celebrated a selective set of political heroes, seeming to leave no public space for mourning those who were excluded from the country’s founding myths. Socialist Laments: Musical Mourning in the German Democratic Republic examines the role of music in this nation’s memorial culture, demonstrating how music facilitated the expressions of loss within spaces of commemoration for East German citizens. Music performed during state-sponsored memorial rituals no doubt bolstered official narratives of the German past. But it simultaneously provided an outlet for mourning in highly politicized environment
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Democracy · Economic history · German · Literature · Musical · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Bereavement · Cemeteries · History and criticism · Music · Music, history and criticism · Musical landmarks · Political aspects · Psychological aspects · Classics · History · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |