by lemon | Dec 7, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Paris during the 1920s seems to be a most enigmatic and frivolous place. The music was different, the people were changing, norms were being challenged and sexualities were becoming more present in the social spectrum. Stereotypically, the 20s were a place in history...
by drewes | Dec 3, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
I think that the idea of Frenchness, and of nationalism in general proved to be the most prominent theme. Considering that we’re dealing with France between wars, this makes sense, that the political divide between France and Germany should play out through...
by hahnl | Dec 2, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Amidst our conversations about a number of different topics in this course, I have found the topic of Nationalism most relevant to my papers. This was one of the first topics we considered during this class. The people of France were longing to find a unique musical...
by surom | Dec 2, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
I must be blunt and say that nationalism is the theme that has been most prevalent in my papers. This could be due to my own bias in favor of the topic, or it might be a combination of my bias and the actual prevalence of nationalism in 1920s Paris. Whether by luck or...
by Philip Claussen | Dec 2, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Throughout this course, we have looked at numerous topics, some of them more concretely about music, others less so. It would be easy to try and pull these subjects together through common themes – most notably nationalism, sexuality, gender, and race, the four...
by schenk | Dec 2, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Last year in our survey class I struggled with how to react to the traditional telling of music history–one that too often focuses on, and thereby values, the output of a select group of mostly dead white male composers to the dismissal of the music of composers...
