Performing Lieder, Hearing Race: Debating Blackness, Whiteness, and German Identity in Interwar Central Europe

When African American concert singers began to perform German lieder in central Europe in the 1920s, white German and Austrian listeners were astounded by the veracity and conviction of their performances. How had they managed to sing like Germans? This article argues that black performances of Germ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Musicological Society 2019-12, Vol.72 (3), p.825-865
1. Verfasser:	THURMAN, KIRA
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Americans Black people Classical music Hearing Music Musical performances National identity Singers Singing
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