{"product_id":"9781501346149","title":"Heiner Müller and Heiner Goebbels’s Wolokolamsker Chaussee","description":"\u003ch3\u003e33 1\/3 Europe\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHeiner Müller and Heiner Goebbels’s Wolokolamsker Chaussee\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePhilip V. Bohlman | Fabian Holt\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Individual Composer \u0026amp; Musician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy gathering historical and musical fragments from a Europe torn apart by the Second World War and the Cold War, East German playwright Heiner Müller and West German composer Heiner Goebbels created \u003ci\u003eWolokolamsker Chaussee\u003c\/i\u003e as a musical panorama that stretched across modern European history at a moment of international crisis. The question at the heart of the recording was prescient in the waning years of the Cold War, but it remains no less critical for the “crisis of Europe” today: Is it possible for Europe to be unified?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A vast range of musical styles-from folk song to hip-hop, from the symphonic canon to heavy metal-coalesce in the five acts, which expose the wounds of European history while struggling musically to heal them. This extraordinary recording from 1989\/90 not only captures the sound of a historical moment, but also powerfully enacts responses to it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e33 1\/3 Global\u003c\/b\u003e, a series related to but independent from \u003cb\u003e33 1\/3\u003c\/b\u003e, takes the format of the original series of short, music-based books and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese, Brazilian, and European music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia\/Oceania, Africa, the Middle East, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhilip V. Bohlman\u003c\/b\u003e is Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Music at the University of Chicago, USA, where he is also Artistic Director of The New Budapest Orpheum Society, a Grammy-nominated cabaret. He is author and editor of many books including \u003ci\u003eWorld Music: A Very Short Introduction \u003c\/i\u003e(2nd ed., 2020), \u003ci\u003eFocus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), and \u003ci\u003eWie sängen wir Seinen Gesang auf dem Boden der Fremde! Jüdische Musik des Aschkenas zwischen Tradition und Moderne \u003c\/i\u003e(2019). He is Associate Editor for ethnomusicology of “Grove Music Online,” and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eActa Musicologica\u003c\/i\u003e, the journal of the International Musicological Society.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 November 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501346149\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332621729932,"sku":"9781501346149","price":22.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b8ab5651-4248-467b-9c73-53e67b3c27fe.jpg?v=1783604509","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781501346149","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}