A People's Music: Jazz in East Germany, 1945-1990

by Helma Kaldewey

A People's Music presents the first full history of jazz in East Germany, drawing on new and previously unexamined sources and vivid eyewitness accounts. Helma Kaldewey chronicles the experiences of jazz musicians, fans, and advocates, and charts the numerous policies state socialism issued to manage this dynamic art form. Offering a radical revision of scholarly views of jazz as a musical genre of dissent, this vivid and authoritative study marks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108486185
• ISBN13: 9781108486187
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"