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StefanWolpeandtheAvant-GardeDiaspora TheGerman-JewishémigrécomposerStefanWolpewasavitalfigureinthehistory ofmodernism,withaffiliationsrangingfromtheBauhaus,Berlinagitprop,andthe kibbutzmovementtobebop,AbstractExpressionism,andBlackMountainCollege. Thisisthefirstfull-lengthstudyofthisoftenoverlookedcomposer,launchedfrom thestandpointofthemassmigrationsthathavedefinedrecenttimes.Drawingon over2,000pagesofunpublisheddocuments,Cohenexploreshowavant-garde communitiesacrossthreecontinentsadaptedtosituationsofextremeculturaland physicaldislocation.Aconjurerofunexpectedculturalconnections,Wolpeservesas anentry-pointtotheutopianartworldsofWeimar-eraGermany,pacifistmove- mentsin1930sPalestine,andvibrantartandmusicscenesinearlyColdWar America.ThebooktakesadvantageofWolpe’sroleasamediator,bringingtogether perspectivesfrommusicscholarship,arthistory,comparativeliterature,postcolonial studies,andrecenttheoriesofcosmopolitanismanddiaspora. BrigidCohenisAssistantProfessorofMusicatNewYorkUniversity.Herteaching andresearchfocusontwentieth-centuryavant-gardes,questionsofmigrationand diaspora,theoriesofcosmopolitanism,andrelationshipsbetweenmusic,thevisual arts,andliterature.HerworkhasbeenrecognizedwithawardsfromtheAmerican MusicologicalSociety,theAndrewW.MellonFoundation,thePaulSacher Foundation,andtheJ.PaulGettyResearchInstitute.SheisarecipientoftheBerlin PrizefromtheAmericanAcademyinBerlin. Newperspectivesinmusichistoryandcriticism Generaleditors:JeffreyKallberg,AnthonyNewcombandRuthSolie Thisseriesexplorestheconceptualframeworksthatshapeorhaveshapedthewaysin whichweunderstandmusicanditshistory,andaimstoelaboratestructuresof explanation,interpretation,commentary,andcriticismwhichmakemusic intelligibleandwhichprovideabasisforargumentaboutjudgementsofvalue.The intellectualscopeoftheseriesisbroad.Someinvestigationswilltreat,forexample, historiographicaltopics,otherswillapplycross-disciplinarymethodstothecriticism ofmusic,andtherewillalsobestudieswhichconsidermusicinitsrelationtosociety, culture,andpolitics.Overall,theserieshopestocreateagreaterpresenceformusicin theongoingdiscourseamongthehumansciences. 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HoffmanntoArnoldSchoenberg DaviniaCaddy,TheBalletsRussesandBeyond:MusicandDanceinBelle-Époque Paris BrigidCohen,StefanWolpeandtheAvant-GardeDiaspora Stefan Wolpe and the Avant-Garde Diaspora Brigid Cohen cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,SãoPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107003002 ©BrigidCohen2012 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2012 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Cohen,BrigidMaureen. StefanWolpeandtheavant-gardediaspora/BrigidCohen. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-107-00300-2 1. Wolpe,Stefan. 2. Musicians–Biography. 3. Avant-garde(Music)–History–20th century. I. Title. ML410.W8355S76 2012 780.92–dc23 [B] 2011049749 ISBN978-1-107-00300-2Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Contents Listofillustrationsandmusicalexamples pageix Acknowledgments xi Introduction:Towardahistoriographyofmodernisminmigration 1 Modernism,migration,andWolpe 1 Retheorizingmusicalmodernism 8 Beyondnationalframeworksandstudiesofexileandassimilation 12 Migrantcosmopolitanism 22 Ontheinterpretationofmodernistworks 31 1 Wolpe’sSelf-RevelatoryPoeticsandCriticalReflections,Circa1951 38 “Therealclarificationandreal-truesolutionofhumanparticularities” 38 “HeldIn” 40 Formandbrokenform 47 “Theun-losablefriendshipofhumanrecognition” 55 Wolpe’sself-revelationandself-narration 64 2 Weimar-EraMontageandAvant-GardeCommunity 76 Part1: AttheBauhaus 76 “Whatwouldwebeinapositiontodowithoutschool?” 76 Montage:theethicsofestrangement,formalization,andreclamation 88 Part2: AftertheBauhaus 104 ZeusundElida 105 Shockandexperimentalform 130 3 “Amalgamated”MusicsandNationalVisionsin1930sPalestine 140 “Amalgamated”idiomsandMandate-erapolitics 140 Wolpe’spoliticalpositioninPalestine 145 Wolpe’s“fullconcern”andpedagogicalpresence 158 “Ifitbemyfate...” 169 The“dream-panorama”ofJewishmusic 183 “Butonlyifitexisted:themostspiritualcommunity” 193 viii Contents 4 TheMid-CenturyPoeticsandPoliticsofExperimentalCommunity 202 TheOboeQuartet:communitylifeandmemory 202 Resistingthe“holesofoblivion”:Wolpe,Arendt,andhuman plurality 212 Transforming“things”into“beings”:Wolpe,Blücher,and“organic modes” 222 Wolpe’smid-centurycommunitiesinprofile 230 Bebop 232 EighthStreetArtists’Club 245 BlackMountainCollege 255 Heterotopia 263 Epilogue:TheWitnessingMemory 267 Nodirectionhome 267 Theself-narrator’sbelonging 275 Hauntedobjects 284 The“discontinuum”oftestament 295 Interpretivecommunitiesandpublics 301 SelectBibliography 304 Index 322
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