Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943
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Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943. / Fjeldsøe, Michael.
The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945: Propaganda, Myth and Reality. ed. / David Fanning; Erik Levi. Routledge, 2020. p. 303-318.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943
AU - Fjeldsøe, Michael
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In 1943, during the German Occupation of Denmark, The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen staged the European premiere of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. The chapter gives an account of how this opera was accepted and played in the context of occupation and how it was received. This performance has been neglected in most Gershwin scholarship, although being the first performance ever in a full opera production. A core question is how this was possible as this is an opera that represents what the Nazis called Cultural Bolshevism, a work by a Jewish-American composer featuring African-American characters. Research into the archives of the Danish government reveals how this was decided upon.
AB - In 1943, during the German Occupation of Denmark, The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen staged the European premiere of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. The chapter gives an account of how this opera was accepted and played in the context of occupation and how it was received. This performance has been neglected in most Gershwin scholarship, although being the first performance ever in a full opera production. A core question is how this was possible as this is an opera that represents what the Nazis called Cultural Bolshevism, a work by a Jewish-American composer featuring African-American characters. Research into the archives of the Danish government reveals how this was decided upon.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - musicology
KW - Music history
KW - German Occupation
KW - World War II
KW - George Gershwin
KW - Copenhagen
KW - Royal Theatre
KW - Werner Best
KW - Erik Scavenius
KW - Porgy and Bess
KW - African-American Opera
KW - 20th century music
KW - 1940s
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-1-138-71388-8
SP - 303
EP - 318
BT - The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945
A2 - Fanning, David
A2 - Levi, Erik
PB - Routledge
ER -
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