Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.
Contents:
Berlin soundscapes of defeat and occupation -- Occupied music: the Berlin Philharmonic and the American military -- Rubble opera after 1945: East Berlin's Staatsoper and West Berlin's Städtische Oper -- Embodied and disembodied voices: listening to sonic ruins -- Berlin 1945: toward a ruin aesthetic in music -- Conclusion.
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