One Sound, Two Worlds : : The Blues in a Divided Germany, 1945-1990 / / Michael Rauhut.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Rauhut, Michael,
• MitwirkendeR: Rauhut, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Introduction. Just Turn That Noise Off . . . --; Chapter 1. Sense and Sensibility: How We Know What the Blues Is --; Chapter 2. Early in the Morning: An Awakening --; Chapter 3. Get off of My Cloud: Emancipation --; Chapter 4. Standing at the Crossroads: Expansion --; Chapter 5. I’m Drifting and Drifting: Daily Routines --; Conclusion. . . . Just Turn It Up --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789201949; 9783110997729
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789201949?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Rauhut.

For all of its apparent simplicity—a few chords, twelve bars, and a supposedly straightforward American character—blues music is a complex phenomenon with cultural significance that has varied greatly across different historical contexts. One Sound, Two Worlds examines the development of the blues in East and West Germany, demonstrating the multiple ways social and political conditions can shape the meaning of music. Based on new archival research and conversations with key figures, this comparative study provides a cultural, historical, and musicological account of the blues and the impact of the genre not only in the two Germanys, but also in debates about the history of globalization.