The Experimental Music of Einstürzende Neubauten and Youth Culture in 1980s West Berlin

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dc.contributor.advisorTaylor, Michael Thomas
dc.contributor.authorRyszka, Michael Andrzej
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-03T14:43:48Z
dc.date.available2012-11-13T08:01:45Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-03
dc.date.submitted2012en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I examine the music of West Berlin experimental music group Einstürzende Neubauten. The unique social, political, and economic conditions of West Berlin during the 1980s created a distinct urban environment that is reflected in the band’s music. The city has been preserved by Einstürzende Neubauten in the form of sound recordings, and conserved in the unique instruments originally found by the band on the streets of West Berlin. The band’s music is evidence of their refusal to conform to pre-existing structures and expectations of society. The band challenged the architecture of the urban landscape and of the mind by manifesting Walter Benjamin’s Destructive Character in their art, and restructured the framework of the pop song. They also confronted the contemporary rock music performance with a revolutionary stage performance that relied on physical brutality, emotion and freedom of expression inspired by playwright Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. To this day, the work of Einstürzende Neubauten continues to exist as both a representation of the society and youth of 1980s West Berlin, and as a progressive art that challenges and restructures the framework of music and performance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRyszka, M. A. (2012). The Experimental Music of Einstürzende Neubauten and Youth Culture in 1980s West Berlin (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28149en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28149
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/259
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subjectSocial Sciences
dc.subjectAnthropology--Cultural
dc.subject.classificationMusicen_US
dc.subject.classificationCultureen_US
dc.subject.classificationGermanyen_US
dc.subject.classificationwest berlinen_US
dc.subject.classificationberlin wallen_US
dc.subject.classification1980sen_US
dc.subject.classificationeinsturzende neubautenen_US
dc.subject.classificationpost war architectureen_US
dc.subject.classificationPhilosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationwalter benjaminen_US
dc.subject.classificationantonin artauden_US
dc.subject.classificationPerformanceen_US
dc.subject.classificationtheatreen_US
dc.subject.classificationsquattingen_US
dc.titleThe Experimental Music of Einstürzende Neubauten and Youth Culture in 1980s West Berlin
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineGermanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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