1. Rubble Music examines the links between trauma, urban decay and ruins, and music. While extensive attention has been paid to the idea of rubble and ruin in post-WWII visual and literary arts, there has been limited work done on the influence of rubble and ruin in sound and music. This book identifies the hallmarks of this new genre, which the author defines as "the sound of civilian suffering after urban catastrophe." 2. This book explores the suffering of everyday German citizens in Berlin during the period of ...
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1. Rubble Music examines the links between trauma, urban decay and ruins, and music. While extensive attention has been paid to the idea of rubble and ruin in post-WWII visual and literary arts, there has been limited work done on the influence of rubble and ruin in sound and music. This book identifies the hallmarks of this new genre, which the author defines as "the sound of civilian suffering after urban catastrophe." 2. This book explores the suffering of everyday German citizens in Berlin during the period of occupation and reconstruction. This has been a previously taboo subject so this book breaks new ground through its very focus. 3. In this work the author provides a strong theoretical foundation for the concept of rubble music, which can easily be applied to other studies of historical and contemporary music, sound, and trauma studies. 4. The author, Abby Anderton, is an up-and-coming scholar and peer reviews of the book indicate that her work will be foundation in music studies.
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