Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1: The Reception of Vormärz and 1848 Revolutionary Song in West Germany and the GDR 11
6. 2: Mühsam, Brecht, Eisler, and the Twentieth- Century Revolutionary Heritage 35
7. 3: Narrative Role-Play as Communication Strategy in German Protest Song 67
8. 4: The Burg Waldeck Festivals, 1964–1969 97
9. 5: The Folk and Liedermacher Scene in the Federal Republic in the 1970s and 1980s 133
10. 6: Konstantin Wecker: Political Songs between Anarchy and Humanity 169
11. 7: Wolf Biermann: Die Heimat ist weit 199
12. 8: Political Song in the GDR: The Cat-and-Mouse Game with Censorship and Institutions 227
13. 9: The Demise of Political Song and the New Discourse of Techno in the Berlin Republic 255
14. Works Cited 279
15. Notes on the Editor and Contributors 301
16. Index 303