Karl Straube (1873–1950): Germany’s Master Organist in Turbulent Times

Author:   Professor Christopher Anderson ,  Emeritus Professor Ralph P. Locke (Series Editor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
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Pages:   576
Publication Date:   15 April 2022
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Author:   Professor Christopher Anderson ,  Emeritus Professor Ralph P. Locke (Series Editor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   University of Rochester Press
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781648250385


ISBN 10:   1648250386
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   15 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
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Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I. Berlin 1873-1897 1. Headwaters 2. Mentors 3. Liftoff Part II. Wesel 1897-1902 4. New beginnings 5. Reger 6. ""I'd like finally to get on with it!"" Part III. Leipzig 1903-1918 7. A Berliner in (little) Paris 8. Off the organ bench 9. Trouble in paradise 10. ""In my naïveté"" 11. Emmi Leisner 12. Deaths and transfigurations Part IV. Intermezzo: Leipzig 1918-1920 13. Decision point 14. Portraits in ambivalence Part V. Leipzig 1920-1929 15. On the road and at the negotiating table 16. Politics I 17. ""When the days of darkness come"" 18. Colleagues 19. The treadmill 20. Movements in time 21. ""God preserve Karl Straube"" Part VI. Leipzig 1930-1939 22. Bach on air 23. Politics II 24. Praeceptor Germaniae 25. The spring of our discontent 26. Beyond the Rhine 27. Deceptive cadence 28. Tempelreinigung Part VII. Leipzig 1940-1950 29. The Franciscan way 30. Perils 31. Götterdämmerung 1943 32. Gone with the wind 33. Reckonings 34. ""Like sand through the fingers"" Epilogue: Musical Offering Bibliography Index"

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The definitive work in any language. The research is impeccable. More than just a biography of an organist, this book puts the reader in the world of German culture and church music from the 1880s to the middle of the 20th century. Highest recommendation. * American Organist * Written with sensitivity, [Anderson's book] goes into factual matters in fine detail but also gives a satisfying sense of [Straube as a] person. Straube's activities during the Third Reich are laid out with care, avoiding both hagiography and [negative] polemics. * Music und Kirche * [This book's] utterly stunning quantity of information from primary sources... makes it an outstanding reference point not merely in debates around [Straube's] life and work ..., but also for interpreting Reger or for understanding Leipzig's musical history. * ARS ORGANI *


The definitive work in any language. The research is impeccable. More than just a biography of an organist, this book puts the reader in the world of German culture and church music from the 1880s to the middle of the 20th century. Highest recommendation. * American Organist * Written with sensitivity, [Anderson's book] goes into factual matters in fine detail but also gives a satisfying sense of [Straube as a] person. Straube's activities during the Third Reich are laid out with care, avoiding both hagiography and [negative] polemics. * Music und Kirche *


The definitive work in any language. The research is impeccable. More than just a biography of an organist, this book puts the reader in the world of German culture and church music from the 1880s to the middle of the 20th century. Highest recommendation. * AMERICAN ORGANIST * Written with sensitivity, [Anderson's book] goes into factual matters in fine detail but also gives a satisfying sense of [Straube as a] person. Straube's activities during the Third Reich are laid out with care, avoiding both hagiography and [negative] polemics. * MUSIC UND KIRCHE * [This book's] utterly stunning quantity of information from primary sources... makes it an outstanding reference point not merely in debates around [Straube's] life and work ..., but also for interpreting Reger or for understanding Leipzig's musical history. * ARS ORGANI * If you want to know a lot more about the life of this extraordinary musician, I would whole-heartedly recommend this book. * ORGANISTS' REVIEW *


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CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON is Associate Professor of Sacred Music, Perkins School of Theology and Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

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