Introduction
Crumb, The Winds of Destiny, and Black Angels
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 1. Analyzing Memory and Trauma in the Music of Crumb
Methodologies
Collective Memory and Trauma
Death in Wartime
Collective Memory, Sound, Space, and Place
Memory and Musical Analysis
A Crisis of Collective Memory
Chapter 2. Collective Haunting and the Civil War
Trauma and Memory
Ghosts and Memory
"Beautiful Dreamer"
"Bringing in the Sheaves"
"Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"
Conclusion
Chapter 3. The Winds of Destiny and the Musical Grotesque
Collective Civil War Memory
Victorious Belliphonic
Creating the Grotesque: Mahler's Funeral March
Musical Grotesque
A Grotesque Musical Memorial
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Black Angels, The Things They Carried, and the Vietnam War
Black Angels Reception
Notions of Truth and Narrative
Trauma, Morality, and Blurriness
Things
Happening-Truth and Story-Truth
"Night of the Electric Insects"
"Bones and Flutes"
"Pavana Lachrymae"
Return
Chapter 5. Place and Subjectivity in Black Angels
Place, Wilderness, and Nature
"Night of the Electric Insects"
Placelessness
"Lost Bells"
God, the Devil, and the Morality of War
Listening
Chapter 6. Conclusion: Ongoing Crisis
Ongoing Crisis of Collective Memory
