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Germany is considered a lauded land of music: outstanding composers, celebrated performers and famous orchestras exert great international appeal. Since the 19th century, the foundation of this reputation has been the broad mass of musicians who sat in orchestra pits, played in ensembles for dances or provided the musical background in silent movie theatres. Martin Rempe traces their lives and working worlds, including their struggle for economic improvement and societal recognition. His detailed portrait of the profession ‘from below’ sheds new light on German musical life in the modern...

Music has gained the increasing attention of historians. Research has branched out to explore music-related topics, including creative labor, economic histories of music production, the social and political uses of music, and musical globalization. This handbook both covers the history of music in Europe and probes its role for the making of Europe during a "long" twentieth century. It offers concise guidance to key historical trends as well as the most important research on central topics within the field.

Die Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg feiert im Herbst 2022 ihr 100-jähriges Bestehen in öffentlicher Trägerschaft. Der Band stellt erstmals die Geschichte dieses städtischen Theaterorchesters seit 1922 dar und zeigt auf, wie vielfältig dieses Orchester seit 100 Jahren in die Stadtgesellschaft Nürnbergs hineinwirkt - von der Weimarer Republik und der NS-Zeit über Wiederaufbau und Konsolidierung nach 1945 bis zum Übergang zum Staatstheater 2005 und in die aktuelle Gegenwart. Neben der historischen Dokumentation macht die Studie auch exemplarisch rechtliche, finanzielle, institutionelle und...