Transcending Dystopia

On Transliteration and Translation, Spelling, and Names Acknowledgements Prologue: Moving Toward Silence Introduction: Against All Odds--The Jewish Gemeinde as Sonic Community in an Age of Mobility Part I: After the Rupture--The Interregnum and the Culture of Rebirth Chapter 1: In the Midst of Rubble: Rebuilding a Musical Life in Berlin Chapter 2: Out of the Depths: The Case of Munich and the South Chapter 3: Communal Encounters--Frankfurt am Main and the North Chapter 4: Remnants in the Soviet and French Zones and Beyond Chapter 5: Remembering the Holocaust: Mourning and Celebration Chapter 6: Disseminating Survival: Jews, Music, and the Media Chapter 7: The End of Dystopia? Part II: Music in Motion: The Jewish Communities in West Germany Chapter 8: Returning and Leaving: Frankfurt in Flux Chapter 9: Rebuilding with or without Organ Chapter 10: Cantors on the Move Chapter 11: Regenerating a Choral Music Culture Chapter 12: Music in Social Life Part III: The Presence of Absence: Jewish (Heritage) Music in East Germany Chapter 13: Dystopia under Communism: The Communities in the Crossfire of Politics Chapter 14: Werner Sander and the Formation of the Leipziger Synagogalchor Chapter 15: Facing Cultural Stagnation: Musical Life after Sander Chapter 16: "Making Antifascist Politics Visible"--Jewish Heritage Music and Cold War Politics Chapter 17: The Leipziger Synagogalchor in the Service of State Propaganda Chapter 18: Jewish Culture in Public Diplomacy, Memory Politics, and the Curious Case of Halle Chapter 19: Projecting Utopia: Jewish Heritage Music Abroad Chapter 20: The Politics of Commemoration and Reorientation Part IV: Music as Vortex in Jewish Berlin Chapter 21: The Establishment of the Jüdische Gemeinde von Groß-Berlin Chapter 22: The Anniversary Year of 1971 and the Dawn of Détente Chapter 23: The Rise of the Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin Chapter 24: Deterioration and Recovery: The Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR Chapter 25: Toward a New Communal Future: Parallel Sound Worlds and Rapprochement