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“Robert Schumann And The German Revolution Of 1848,” For “Music And Revolution,” Concert And Lecture Series, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

“Robert Schumann And The German Revolution Of 1848,” For “Music And Revolution,” Concert And Lecture Series, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


The Nazi War On Modern Music, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

The Nazi War On Modern Music, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


"Thomas Mann, ‘Expressionism,’ And Ðeath In Venice” For “Death In Venice: Warrington Colescott And Thomas Mann”, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

"Thomas Mann, ‘Expressionism,’ And Ðeath In Venice” For “Death In Venice: Warrington Colescott And Thomas Mann”, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

This was a public lecture in association with an excellent exhibition of works by one of America’s premier printmakers, on the theme of Mann’s work and German culture.


Computer Science And Cultural History: A Dialogue, David B. Dennis, George K. Thiruvathukal Oct 2017

Computer Science And Cultural History: A Dialogue, David B. Dennis, George K. Thiruvathukal

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Wagner In The "Cult Of Art In Nazi Germany", David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Wagner In The "Cult Of Art In Nazi Germany", David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


“Beethoven In National Socialist Political Culture,” Paper For The “Musicology Colloquium Series", David B. Dennis Oct 2017

“Beethoven In National Socialist Political Culture,” Paper For The “Musicology Colloquium Series", David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


“Music Reception In The Völkischer Beobachter,” Paper For The “Music, Politics, And The State” Session, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

“Music Reception In The Völkischer Beobachter,” Paper For The “Music, Politics, And The State” Session, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


“Music In The ‘Cult Of Art’ Of Nazi Germany” For The “Epistemic Transitions And Social Change In The German Humanities: Aesthetics, Ideology, Culture And Memory” Session, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

“Music In The ‘Cult Of Art’ Of Nazi Germany” For The “Epistemic Transitions And Social Change In The German Humanities: Aesthetics, Ideology, Culture And Memory” Session, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


"Does Beethoven Have To Roll Over? Not If We Flip Him!” Paper For Session: “Who’S Afraid Of High Culture?”, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

"Does Beethoven Have To Roll Over? Not If We Flip Him!” Paper For Session: “Who’S Afraid Of High Culture?”, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


"The Nazi War On Weimar 'Asphalt Culture'" For "Dissonance: Music And Globalization Since Edison's Phonograph", David B. Dennis Oct 2017

"The Nazi War On Weimar 'Asphalt Culture'" For "Dissonance: Music And Globalization Since Edison's Phonograph", David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


“O Freunde, Nicht Diese Töne!" First World War Beethoven Reception As Precedent For The Nazi "Cult Of Art", David B. Dennis Oct 2017

“O Freunde, Nicht Diese Töne!" First World War Beethoven Reception As Precedent For The Nazi "Cult Of Art", David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Review Essay On Recent Literature About Music And German Politics, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Review Essay On Recent Literature About Music And German Politics, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Review Of Michael Kater, The Twisted Muse: Musicians And Their Music In The Third Reich (New York And Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Review Of Michael Kater, The Twisted Muse: Musicians And Their Music In The Third Reich (New York And Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Review Of Pamela M. Potter, Most German Of The Arts: Musicology And Society From The Weimar Republic To The End Of Hitler’S Reich (New Haven And London: Yale University Press, 1998), David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Review Of Pamela M. Potter, Most German Of The Arts: Musicology And Society From The Weimar Republic To The End Of Hitler’S Reich (New Haven And London: Yale University Press, 1998), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Review Of Erik Levi, Music In The Third Reich (New York: St. Martins Press, 1994), David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Review Of Erik Levi, Music In The Third Reich (New York: St. Martins Press, 1994), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Crying ‘Wolf’? A Review Essay On Recent Wagner Literature, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Crying ‘Wolf’? A Review Essay On Recent Wagner Literature, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Johannes Brahms's Requiem Eines Unpolitischen, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Johannes Brahms's Requiem Eines Unpolitischen, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


"Honor Your German Masters": The Use And Abuse Of "Classical" Composers In Nazi Propaganda, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

"Honor Your German Masters": The Use And Abuse Of "Classical" Composers In Nazi Propaganda, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Nietzsche Reception As "Philosopher Of Fuehrermenschen" In The Main Nazi Paper, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Nietzsche Reception As "Philosopher Of Fuehrermenschen" In The Main Nazi Paper, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Review Of Jonathan Petropoulos, Art As Politics In The Third Reich (Chapel Hill: North Carolina U.P., 1996), David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Review Of Jonathan Petropoulos, Art As Politics In The Third Reich (Chapel Hill: North Carolina U.P., 1996), David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

No abstract provided.


Culture War: How The Nazi Party Recast Nietzsche, David B. Dennis Oct 2017

Culture War: How The Nazi Party Recast Nietzsche, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

High culture played an important political role in Hitler’s Germany. References to music, history, philosophy, and art formed a key part of the Nazi strategy to reverse the symptoms of decline perceived after World War I. Allusions to great creators and their works were used as propaganda to remind the Volk to love and worship their nation. In the words of the French scholar Eric Michaud, author of The Cult of Art in Nazi Germany, the Nazis used culture “to make the genius of the race visible to that race.” And to cap off these images of a great national …


Their Meister's Voice: Nazi Reception Of Richard Wagner And His Works In The Völkischer Beobachter, David B. Dennis Sep 2017

Their Meister's Voice: Nazi Reception Of Richard Wagner And His Works In The Völkischer Beobachter, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

A detailed examination of Richard Wagner's reception in Nazi Germany.


"The Most German Of All German Operas": Die Meistersinger Through The Lens Of The Third Reich, David B. Dennis Sep 2017

"The Most German Of All German Operas": Die Meistersinger Through The Lens Of The Third Reich, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

A detailed analysis of the reception of Wagner's, Meistersinger, in the Third Reich.


War On Modern Music And Music In Modern War: Voelkischer Beobachter Reception Of 20th Century Composers, David B. Dennis Sep 2017

War On Modern Music And Music In Modern War: Voelkischer Beobachter Reception Of 20th Century Composers, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

Recent scholarship on Nazi music policy pays little attention to the main party newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter, or comparable publications for the general public. Most work concentrates on publications Nazis targeted at expert audiences, in this case music journals. To think our histories of Nazi music politics are complete without comprehensive analysis of the party daily is premature. One learns from this resource precisely what Nazi propagandists wanted average party members and Germans in general, not just top-level officials and scholars, to think—even about music. Therein, we see how contributors placed a Nazi “spin” on music history and composer’s biographies. …


History Of Computing, George K. Thiruvathukal, David B. Dennis Sep 2017

History Of Computing, George K. Thiruvathukal, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

The social and organizational history of humanity is intricately entangled with the history of technology in general and the technology of information in particular. Advances in this area have often been closely involved in social and political transformations. While the contemporary period is often referred to by such names as the Computing and Information Age, this is the culmination of a series of historical transformations that have been centuries in the making. This course will provide a venue for students to learn about history through the evolution of number systems and arithmetic, calculating and computing machines, and advanced communication technology …


Michael H. Kater, "Carl Orff Im Dritten Reich," Vierteljahrshefte Für Zeitgeschichte 43, 1 (January 1995): 1-35., David B. Dennis Sep 2017

Michael H. Kater, "Carl Orff Im Dritten Reich," Vierteljahrshefte Für Zeitgeschichte 43, 1 (January 1995): 1-35., David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

A review of Michael H. Kater's article, "Carl Orff im Dritten Reich." Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 43, 1 (January 1995): 1-35.


Beethoven At Large: Reception In Literature, The Arts, Philosophy, And Politics, David B. Dennis Sep 2017

Beethoven At Large: Reception In Literature, The Arts, Philosophy, And Politics, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

A detailed analysis of Beethoven's influence on global culture.