Between Tradition and Politics. Military Music in Occupied Norway (1940–45)

Abstract Within the vast field of research that still has to be done on Norway's music life during the years of the Nazi occupation, the area of music in military settings is an exception. Because of the sometimes contradictory motives of the different protagonists, this article shows strategie...

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Main Author: Michael Custodis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scandinavian University Press 2018-11-01
Series:Studia Musicologica Norvegica
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Online Access:http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/issn.1504-2960-2018-01-03
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description Abstract Within the vast field of research that still has to be done on Norway's music life during the years of the Nazi occupation, the area of music in military settings is an exception. Because of the sometimes contradictory motives of the different protagonists, this article shows strategies for music among NS and Hird musikkorps, the military resistance movement Milorg, and even inside SS prison camps. Based on extensive archival material, this article gives an overview of official Norwegian and German music units, the newly founded musikkorps for Hird, and military musicians who resisted intense pressure to join these units. It also discusses the importance of singing for resistance fighters and prisoners.
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Between Tradition and Politics. Military Music in Occupied Norway (1940–45)
Studia Musicologica Norvegica
musikkorps
Janitsjarorkester
Nasjonal Samling
Gulbrand Lunde
Hirdmusikken
Jim Johannessen
title Between Tradition and Politics. Military Music in Occupied Norway (1940–45)
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title_full_unstemmed Between Tradition and Politics. Military Music in Occupied Norway (1940–45)
title_short Between Tradition and Politics. Military Music in Occupied Norway (1940–45)
title_sort between tradition and politics military music in occupied norway 1940 45
topic musikkorps
Janitsjarorkester
Nasjonal Samling
Gulbrand Lunde
Hirdmusikken
Jim Johannessen
url http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/issn.1504-2960-2018-01-03
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