5 Searching for Beethoven: Afrika

Please note that the episodes are available in German only

Contributors

Pat Anthony, Alexandre Bischofberger, Kristin Nickel, Dr. Jürgen May, Martin Rempe, Pascal Siegrist

Quellen

Gordimer, Nadine, Beethoven war ein Sechzehntel Schwarz. Erzählungen, Berlin 2007.
Krige, Uys, Our Coloured People, in: Die Swarte Serp August/Oktober 1965, S. 19–22.
Looking Backward: Reminiscences of Ten Years in the Black Sash, in: Die Swar Serp Augustus/Oktober 1965, S. 23–28.
Motto des Windhuker Gesangsvereins, aus: Van Zyl, Deborah Lynn, Reflections on Music and Deutschtum in Namibia, Stellenbosch 2016, S. 16.
Rabemananjara, Jacques, The Foundation of Our Unity Arising from the Colonial Epoch, in: Présence Africaine: Cultural Journal of the Negro World Nr. 24-25, 1959, S. 73–88.
Senghor, Léopold Sédar, The Spirit of Civilisation, or the Laws of African Negro Culture, in: Présence Africaine: Cultural Journal of the Negro World Nr. 8-10, 1956, S. 51–64.
Shostakovich, Dimitri, Beethoven tames the Jungle, in: The UNESCO Courier June 1973, S. 13–16.





 

Music and Sound

Beethoven, Ludwig van, Streichquartett D-Dur, Op. 18, Nr. 3, Borromeo String Quartet. CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 9. Sinfonie, 2nd movement, Felix Weingartner, Orchestra unknown. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US 
Beethoven, Ludwig van, Bagatelle Op. 119, Circus Marcus. CC BY-NC 4.0 

Africa 1, The Human World, Kenya, o.D., © copyright BBC
Gongs & Cymbals, o.D., © copyright BBC
Comedy Sounds, Crash of piano, o.D., © copyright BBC
Rainforest Atmosphere, Dusk, 1996,© copyright BBC
Shops, Harrods, general atmosphere with voices & tills, o.D., © copyright BBC
Tiger (Felis Tigris), Female threat, 1952, © copyright BBC
Electronically Generated Sounds, Particle beaming device, o.D., © copyright BBC
Drums, o.D., © copyright BBC
Bbc News Sound Effects Tape, Marching, o.D., © copyright BBC
Motor Horns (Electric), 2 blasts into impatient blasts, o.D., © copyright BBC
Bbc News Sound Effects Tape (Old), car, doors and horn, o.D., © copyright BBC
Motor Horns (Electric),  long impatient blasts, Electric motor horn, o.D., © copyright BBC
Motor Horns (Electric), Electric Motor Horn being sounded,Recorded inside car, o.D., © copyright BBC

Further reading

Agawu, Kofi, Representing African Music: Postcolonial Notes, Queries, Positions, New York / London 2003.
Gewald, Jan-Bart, Flags, Funerals and Fanfares: Herero and Missionary Contestations of the Acceptable, 1900–1940, in: Journal of African Cultural Studies 15. 2002, p. 105–117.
July, Robert W., An African Voice: The Role of Humanities in African Independence, Durham 1987.
May, Jürgen Beethovens Musik im Kontext der Entstehung des „Afrikanervolk“-Mythos, in: ders., Christin Heitmann u. Christine Siegert (Hg.), Beethoven-Perspektiven /Beethoven Perspectives. Bericht über den internationalen wissenschaftlichen Kongress Bonn, 10.–14. Februar 2020 /Proceedings of the International Conference, Bonn, 10–14 February 2020, Bonn: Verlag Beethoven-Haus 2021.
Rempe, Martin, Beethoven in the World: A Global Historical Perspectives, in: ibid.