ROLF J. GOEBEL is Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies. Larson Powell is Curator's Professor of Film Studies at University of Missouri, Kansas City.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionRolf J. GoebelPart I. Sonic Practices from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century1: Soundscapes in Medieval German LiteratureAlbrecht Classen2: A German Dance: Music, Mesmerism, and the Glass ArmonicaLawrence Kramer3: Healthy Throats, German Sounds: Women's Vocal Development and Expertise in German Soundscapes of the Long Nineteenth CenturyJosephine HoegaertsPart II. Rediscovering the Sounds of Modernism4: Heidegger: A Little Hint on How to ListenJames M. Kopf5: New Hearing: Soundscapes of Literary ModernismFrieder von Ammon6: Tragic Silence and Heroic Clamor: Sound Worlds and Constructed Ethnographies in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen (1924)Daniel ShererPart III. Listening to the Unbearable: The Sounds of National Socialism and the Holocaust7: Hitler's Voice: Media and Politics of EmbodimentTyler Whitney8: "The whole language was a scream": The German Language During the Seizure of the JewsSara Ann SewellPart IV. After the Catastrophe: Sounds in Postwar Germany and Beyond9: Revisiting the Soundscapes of Postwar West German Radio DramaCaroline A. Kita10: Jazz and Its Effect on Politics and Modernity as Presented in German Newsreels and Documentaries of the 1960sSigrun Lehnert11: On the Air: Clandestine Radiophonic Protest Groups in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, 1976-77Anna Bromley12: Kittler's SoundLarson Powell13: Clearing the Throat, Stumbling, and Coughing: An Anthropology of the Sonic Corpus According to Carlfriedrich ClausHolger SchulzePart V. Sounds of the Present14: Carsten Nicolai's Art of Disturbance: Sound, Science, and InterferenceLutz Koepnick15: Echoes of the Past: Sound in the History MuseumDaniel Morat16: (Post)Digital Sounds: Acoustic Experiments in the Age of Algorithmic ProcessesChristiane HeibachPart Vi. Epilogue17: The Sound of Pine Needles Falling: The Art of Max NeuhausYehuda SafranSelect Bibliography and List of Further ReadingNotes on the ContributorsIndex

Provides a dynamic snapshot of the varied and in many cases inspired work being done around issues related to sound in German Studies.

ROLF J. GOEBEL is Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies. Larson Powell is Curator's Professor of Film Studies at University of Missouri, Kansas City.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionRolf J. GoebelPart I. Sonic Practices from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century1: Soundscapes in Medieval German LiteratureAlbrecht Classen2: A German Dance: Music, Mesmerism, and the Glass ArmonicaLawrence Kramer3: Healthy Throats, German Sounds: Women's Vocal Development and Expertise in German Soundscapes of the Long Nineteenth CenturyJosephine HoegaertsPart II. Rediscovering the Sounds of Modernism4: Heidegger: A Little Hint on How to ListenJames M. Kopf5: New Hearing: Soundscapes of Literary ModernismFrieder von Ammon6: Tragic Silence and Heroic Clamor: Sound Worlds and Constructed Ethnographies in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen (1924)Daniel ShererPart III. Listening to the Unbearable: The Sounds of National Socialism and the Holocaust7: Hitler's Voice: Media and Politics of EmbodimentTyler Whitney8: "The whole language was a scream": The German Language During the Seizure of the JewsSara Ann SewellPart IV. After the Catastrophe: Sounds in Postwar Germany and Beyond9: Revisiting the Soundscapes of Postwar West German Radio DramaCaroline A. Kita10: Jazz and Its Effect on Politics and Modernity as Presented in German Newsreels and Documentaries of the 1960sSigrun Lehnert11: On the Air: Clandestine Radiophonic Protest Groups in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, 1976-77Anna Bromley12: Kittler's SoundLarson Powell13: Clearing the Throat, Stumbling, and Coughing: An Anthropology of the Sonic Corpus According to Carlfriedrich ClausHolger SchulzePart V. Sounds of the Present14: Carsten Nicolai's Art of Disturbance: Sound, Science, and InterferenceLutz Koepnick15: Echoes of the Past: Sound in the History MuseumDaniel Morat16: (Post)Digital Sounds: Acoustic Experiments in the Age of Algorithmic ProcessesChristiane HeibachPart Vi. Epilogue17: The Sound of Pine Needles Falling: The Art of Max NeuhausYehuda SafranSelect Bibliography and List of Further ReadingNotes on the ContributorsIndex

Provides a dynamic snapshot of the varied and in many cases inspired work being done around issues related to sound in German Studies.

ROLF J. GOEBEL is Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies. Larson Powell is Curator's Professor of Film Studies at University of Missouri, Kansas City.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionRolf J. GoebelPart I. Sonic Practices from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century1: Soundscapes in Medieval German LiteratureAlbrecht Classen2: A German Dance: Music, Mesmerism, and the Glass ArmonicaLawrence Kramer3: Healthy Throats, German Sounds: Women's Vocal Development and Expertise in German Soundscapes of the Long Nineteenth CenturyJosephine HoegaertsPart II. Rediscovering the Sounds of Modernism4: Heidegger: A Little Hint on How to ListenJames M. Kopf5: New Hearing: Soundscapes of Literary ModernismFrieder von Ammon6: Tragic Silence and Heroic Clamor: Sound Worlds and Constructed Ethnographies in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen (1924)Daniel ShererPart III. Listening to the Unbearable: The Sounds of National Socialism and the Holocaust7: Hitler's Voice: Media and Politics of EmbodimentTyler Whitney8: "The whole language was a scream": The German Language During the Seizure of the JewsSara Ann SewellPart IV. After the Catastrophe: Sounds in Postwar Germany and Beyond9: Revisiting the Soundscapes of Postwar West German Radio DramaCaroline A. Kita10: Jazz and Its Effect on Politics and Modernity as Presented in German Newsreels and Documentaries of the 1960sSigrun Lehnert11: On the Air: Clandestine Radiophonic Protest Groups in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, 1976-77Anna Bromley12: Kittler's SoundLarson Powell13: Clearing the Throat, Stumbling, and Coughing: An Anthropology of the Sonic Corpus According to Carlfriedrich ClausHolger SchulzePart V. Sounds of the Present14: Carsten Nicolai's Art of Disturbance: Sound, Science, and InterferenceLutz Koepnick15: Echoes of the Past: Sound in the History MuseumDaniel Morat16: (Post)Digital Sounds: Acoustic Experiments in the Age of Algorithmic ProcessesChristiane HeibachPart Vi. Epilogue17: The Sound of Pine Needles Falling: The Art of Max NeuhausYehuda SafranSelect Bibliography and List of Further ReadingNotes on the ContributorsIndex

Provides a dynamic snapshot of the varied and in many cases inspired work being done around issues related to sound in German Studies.