The Necessity of Music - 9781487500689

The Necessity of MusicVariations on a German Theme\nAuthor(s): Celia Applegate\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487500689, 978-1487500689\nSynopsis\nIn The Necessity of Music, Celia Applegate explores the many ways that Germans thought about and made music from the eighteenth- to twentieth-centuries. Rather than focus on familiar stories of composers and their work Applegate illuminates the myriad ways in which music is integral to German social life. Musical life reflected the polycentric nature of German social and political life, even while it provided many opportunities to experience what was common among Germans. Musical activities also allowed Germans, whether professional musicians, dedicated amateurs, or simply listeners, to participate in European culture. Applegates original and fascinating analysis of Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, and military music enables the reader to understan.