{"product_id":"hitlers-twilight-of-the-gods-music-and-the-orchestration-of-war-and-genocide-in-europe-paperback","title":"Hitler's Twilight of the Gods: Music and the Orchestration of War and Genocide in Europe - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Birch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic was an integral part of statecraft and identity formation in the Third Reich. Structured thematically and semiotically around the Wagnerian tetralogy of the \u003cem\u003eRing \u003c\/em\u003ecycle, \u003cem\u003eHitler's Twilight of the Gods\u003c\/em\u003e provides a sonic read of the Second World War and the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Birch sheds light on the specific type of music promoted under Nazism, linked to larger Teutonic mythologies and histories espoused in rhetoric and personal styling. The book explores the musical fixation of the command as it was extended to the ordinary troops of the Wehrmacht and SS in instances of musical sadism and destruction during the Holocaust. It reveals how, in constructing what was \"German,\" this process also intentionally fashioned a subaltern other with an assigned set of music and aesthetics.\u003cbr\u003eThe book draws on analysis of testimony and perpetrator documents to reveal the execution of this binary identity and the inclusion of music even in extreme genocidal conditions. From drinking games in the interwar period, to musical sadism in the Holocaust, to the final delusions of the command in collapse, \u003cem\u003eHitler's Twilight of the Gods\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates how music was a component of camaraderie, identity, masculinity, and warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Birch\u003c\/b\u003e is the Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246262808627,"sku":"9781487549206","price":150.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/jwsrewnhKB9781487549206.webp?v=1777667398","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/hitlers-twilight-of-the-gods-music-and-the-orchestration-of-war-and-genocide-in-europe-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}