Dreams of Germany: Musical Imaginaries from the Concert Hall to the Dance Floor (Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association)

Diversity of disciplines and author team (senior and junior; gender; national perspective). Range of iconic case studies: Bruckner and Wagner through to the Beatles and Kraftwerk. Represents the cream of upcoming scholars alongside more established scholarly voices. Revisits and rethinks the ideas of a canonical text in the cultural history of music (Applegate and Potter, eds, Music and German National Identity, 2000). An introduction which makes connections between the volume and central ethical questions animating the humanities more widely.