The legacy of Johann Strauss : political influence and twentieth-century identity / Zoë Alexis Lang.

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To this day, Johann Strauss, Jr remains one of the most popular composers in his native city of Vienna. In The Legacy of Johann Strauss, Zoë Lang examines how the reception of Strauss's waltzes played a key role in the construction of twentieth-century Austrian identity. Using press coverage from the centennial celebration of Strauss's birth in Vienna, Lang argues that his music remained popular because it continued to be revitalised by Austrians seeking to define their culture. Revealing the origins of the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert, Lang considers how Strauss was appropriated as a National Socialist icon in the 1930s and 1940s and explores the Strauss family's Jewish ancestry, along with the infamous forgery of paperwork about their lineage during the 1940s. This book also includes a case study of Strauss's Emperor Waltz, considering its variegated usage in concerts and films from 1925 to 1953.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Musical examples; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Johann Strauss Jr.'s biography: facts and fictions; Historiographies of the Strauss family; The waltz and Johann Strauss Sr.; The Strauss legacy in the twentieth century; Chapter Two The Strauss Jr. centennial (1925); Concerts; Controversy: the Schubertbund and the Wiener Männergesangverein; The Johann Strauss Jr. exhibition at the city hall; Private reflections; Strauss Jr. for the next generation; The commemoration at the statue; Chapter Three Johann Strauss Jr. as German.

OstmarkThe Strauss family and Die Musik; Programming Strauss music; Biographies of Strauss Jr. during the 1930s and 1940s; Chapter Four Johann Strauss Jr. as Jew; Being Jewish in Austria; Strauss Sr. as other; The Strauss family and race; Jewish rumors in the 1930s; The Strauss family in World War II; Chapter Five The Emperor Waltz in the twentieth century: a case study; The debut and early reception history; Schoenberg's arrangement; Before and after the Anschluss: the German Emperor Waltz; The Emperor Waltz in film; Conclusion.

Appendix A Articles published during the 1925 Strauss Jr. centennialAbbreviations; Appendix B Listing of official events for the 1925 Strauss Jr. centennial; October 17 and 18; October 18; October 24; October 25; Appendix C Four Philharmonic Academy concerts, 1940-1941 season; December 13, 1940; January 1, 1941; January 25, 1941; March 15, 1941; Notes; Introduction; 1 Johann Strauss Jr.'s biography: facts and fictions; 2 The Strauss Jr. centennial (1925); 3 Johann Strauss Jr. as German; 4 Johann Strauss Jr. as Jew; 5 The Emperor Waltz in the twentieth century: a case study; Conclusion.

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