MUS 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Weimar Culture, Ernst Krenek, Epic Theatre
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Final > march 21, 12 pm - 2 pm. Must buy tickets by monday, january 29, at 4:00 pm. Exams will be made up for medical reasons with official documentation. Who paid for the music, and why did they pay for it/what did they get out of it. Unit 1: patronage, power, and the performance of prestige. March 8: ernst krenek, kurt weill, & jazz in. Jazz sometimes problematically associated with imaged primitive. Ellington"s jungle sound in the cotton club revues. Milhaud"s use of jazz in performing primitive african creation. Still, afro-american symphony also an example of imagined. End of wwi opened europe for touring. Jazz a big hit in england, france. Jazz often described as central feature of weimar culture. But many scholars point out it is more complicated. Race record labels not imported - record labels entirely made up of mostly african-american people who weren"t accepted with bigger record labels. And radio technology limited playing of records.
