Part 1: Histories and Foundations
1. A Fragile Kaleidoscope: Institutions, Methodologies, and Outlooks on German Popular Music (Studies) Michael Ahlers and Christoph Jacke
2. Popular Music Studies in Germany: from the Origins to the 1990s Helmut Rösing
3. Looking East: Popular Music Studies between Theory and Practice Peter Wicke
Part 2: Arts and Experiments
4. Kosmische Musik: On Krautrock’s Take Off Jens Gerrit Papenburg
5. Kraftwerk: The History and Aesthetics of a Pop-Cultural Concept Dirk Matejovski
6. Pophörspiel: Popular music in radio art Holger Schulze
Part 3: Mainstreams and Masses
7. Hit Men: Giorgio Moroder, Frank Farian and the Eurodisco-Sound of the 1970/80s Thomas Krettenauer
8. A Re-encounter with the Scorpions’ ‘Wind Of Change’: Why I couldn’t Stand it Then – What I Learn from Analysing it Now Ralf von Appen
9. Modern Talking, Musicology and I: Analysing and Interpreting Forbidden Fruit André Doehring
10. Rocking granny’s living room: The new voices of the German Schlager Julio Mendívil
Part 4: Niches and Subcultures
11. The Popularisation of Electronic Dance Music: German Artists/Producers and the Eurodance Phenomenon Nico Thom
12. Restless and Wild: Early West German Heavy Metal Dietmar Elflein
13. No Escape from Noise: Geräuschmusik Made in Germany Till Kniola
14. German Gothic: From Neue Deutsche Todeskunst to Neo-Victorian Steampunk Birgit Richard
15. ‘The Interesting Ones’: Hamburger Schule and the ‘Secondariness’ of German Pop Till Huber
16. Music, Line Dance and Country and Western-Themed Events: Insights into German Country Music Culture Stefanie Jäger and Nils Kirschlager
Part 5: Politics and Gender
17. Music of the Right-Wing Scene: Text Content, Distribution and Effects Georg Brunner
18. Rammstein Under Observation Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer and Arne Wachtmann
19. Rap Music in Germany Ayla Güler Saied
20. ‘Heulsusen-Pop’: New Male Sensitivity in German Independent Music Maren Volkmann
21. From ‘Frauenfest’ to ‘Bitchsm’: Feminist Strategies in German Language Popular Music from the 1970s until Today Sonja Eismann
Part 6: Germanness and Otherness
22. ‘White Punks On Dope’ in Germany: Nina Hagen’s Punk Covers Moritz Baßler
23. Singing in German: Pop Music and the Question of Language Diedrich Diederichsen
24. Neue Deutsche Welle/NDW: From Punk to Mainstream Barbara Hornberger
25. Integrated Music Media Analysis: An Application to Trio Christofer Jost
26. Punk in Germany Philipp Meinert and Martin Seeliger
27. Popular Music from Austria Rosa Reitsamer
28. From Soundtrack of the Reunification to the Celebration of Germanness: Paul van Dyk and Peter Heppner’s ‘Wir sind Wir’ as National Trance Anthem Melanie Schiller
Part 7: Electronic Sounds and Cities
29. Concepts of Cologne Hans Nieswandt
30. Who Said It’s Got to be ‘Clean’? Stereotypes, Presets and Discontent in German Electronic Sound Studios Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt
31. The Berlin Sound of Techno Daniel Mateo and Sandra Passaro
Part 8: Media and Industries
32. The History of the German Popular Music Industry in the Twentieth Century Klaus Nathaus
33. Pop on TV: The National and International Success of Radio Bremen’s Beat Club Detlef Siegfried
34. German Music Talent Shows Nick Ruth and Holger Schramm.
Bibliography
Index
Michael Ahlers has studied music education, German, and musicology.
He worked as an editor and ran a company for music production. His
PhD was on human-machine interfaces in music production software.
He is Professor of Music Education and Popular Music at the
Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. His main research is on
empirical music pedagogy, creativity and improvisation, as well as
popular music studies.
Christoph Jacke has studied communication and media, politics, and
English. He has worked as a music journalist. He is Professor of
Theory, Aesthetics and History of Popular Music, and Director of
the BA and MA programme in Popular Music and Media at the
Department of Music at the University of Paderborn, Germany. His
research focus is on media, culture and communications theory,
cultural studies, celebrity studies and popular music studies.
"You can find numerous good, and some excellent, articles within Perspectives on German Popular Music which, even in their brevity, are important to further the academic discourse surrounding popular music in German in its entirety."- Timor Kaul, Pop-Zeitschrift"This edited collection offers interesting kaleidoscopic reflections on German popular music cultures, through musicological, sociological, and media studies perspectives. (...) It is a welcomed introduction to a large linguistic and cultural musicscape, for too long neglected and which international scholars should start embracing."- Giacomo Bottà, University of Helsinki, Finland"The book offers fascinating studies of artists and genres that have been marginalized in popular music studies, including West German heavy metal, Frank Farian, Helene Fischer, Modern Talking, and the Hamburger Schule, to name only a few. It stands as an important contribution to the study of popular music from German-speaking countries, the historiography of popular music studies in these countries, and the continuing project of legitimizing this discipline in the academy."-Mario Dunkel, l'Université Carl von Ossietzky Oldenburg, Germany"The book provides an excellent,‘bird’s eye’ view of popular music studies and pop-rock music in the German-speaking countries. It amounts to a recommended read for anyone interested in the study of pop-rock music in its globalized context, beyond the Anglo-American core." -Motti Regev, The Open University of Israel, Israel
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