Event Host: School of Music
Short Description: http://music.osu.edu/events/musicology-lecture-emily-pollock
Emily Richmond Pollock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presents "Rank and File: Everyday Autobiographies of German Opera after World War II."
Following the collapse of the Third Reich, members of the opera community – displaced singers, orphaned rehearsal pianists, resettled fans – recorded their personal histories in letters, creating an informal autobiographical discourse that was diverse in purpose and richly expressive. The talk integrates these stories of ordinary artists and opera lovers into a larger historical narrative about the denazification of musical life and the practicalities of career continuity. “Everyday” autobiographies provide a more diversified picture of a post-war musical culture populated by individuals whose experiences were characterized both by an enduring commitment to opera and by violence and material contingency.
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