4 Beethoven and the Cultural Revolution

Please note that the episodes are available in German only

Contributors

Ruben Gasser, Felix Gasser, Matthias Weiss und Rebekka Federer

Sources

Cai, Jindong u. Sheila Melvin, Beethoven in China: How the Great Composer became an Icon in the People’s Republic, Hong Kong 2015.
Wu, Banban, Beethoven’s Shifting Reception in China, 1910s-1970s, Durham 2016.
Yu Run, Mao, Music under Mao: Its Background and Aftermath, in: Asian Music 22:2 (1991), p. 97-125.

Music and Sound

Van Beethoven, Ludwig, Symphony no. 6 in f major 'pastoral', op. 68, i. allegro non troppo. Public Domain
Van Beethoven, Ludwig, Symphony no. 6 in f major 'pastoral', op. 68, ii. andante molto mosso. Public Domain
Van Beethoven, Ludwig, Symphony no. 6 in f major 'pastoral', op. 68, iii. allegro. Public Domain
Van Beethoven, Ludwig, Symphony no. 6 in f major 'pastoral', op. 68, iv. allegro. Public Domain
Van Beethoven, Ludwig, Symphony no. 6 in f major 'pastoral', op. 68, v. allegretto. Public Domain

Geschäftige Theke eines Cafés (bustling café), @ hoerspielbox.de
Hüstelnde und sich räuspernde Menschenansammlung (a gathering of people coughing and clearing their throats), @ hoerspielbox.de
Knacksen und knarren von vorsichtig bewegten Holzstühlen (the creaking and squeaking of cautiously shifted wooden chairs), @ hoerspielbox.de
Klimaanlage oder Turbine in ruhiger Halle (AC or turbine sounds in an empty hallway), @ hoerspielbox.de
Nah tickt mechanisch eine Küchenuhr (a mechanic kitchen clock ticking up-close), @ hoerspielbox.de
Raum betreten und unregelmässige Schritte auf Holzboden (Someone entering a room + irregular footsteps on a wooden floor), @ hoerspielbox.de
Vietnam, Nachtstimmung mit Grillen und entfernt plätscherndem Bach (Vietnam at night, the sounds of crickets and a trickeling stream nearby), @ hoerspielbox.de

Further reading

Baumberger, Elo u. Jürg Baumberger, Beethoven Kritiseren! Konfuzius Verurteilen! Was geschah in China 1973/74?, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1975.
Jingyan, Jin, Musikforschung in der Volksrepublik China (1949-1988), in: Acta Musicologica 61:3 (1989), p. 264-326.
Kraus, Richard C., Pianos and Politics in China: Middle-Class Ambitions and the Struggle over Western Music, New York 1989.