Musik und Gesellschaft was a music magazine in the German Democratic Republic. It was published monthly from 1951 to 1990 in East Berlin by Henschelverlag [de].
History
The journal was published from the first issue in March 1951 onwards by Ernst Hermann Meyer and the Staatliche Kommission für Kunstangelegenheiten [de]. In 1954 the editorship changed to the Verband der Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler der DDR [de], of which it simultaneously became the official organ of communication. The music magazine regularly awarded a recording prize.
Chief editors
- 1951–1952 Karl Laux
- 1952–1959 Eberhard Rebling.
- 1959–1960 Horst Seeger.
- 1960–1973 Hansjürgen Schaefer
- 1973–1990 Liesel Markowski
Literature
- Bettina Hinterthür: Noten nach Plan. Die Musikverlage in der SBZ, DDR – Zensursystem, zentrale Planwirtschaft und deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen bis Anfang der 1960er Jahre. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-515-08837-7.
References
- Bettina Hinterthür: Noten nach Plan. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 142.
- Bettina Hinterthür: Noten nach Plan. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 45.
- Jörg Clemen; Steffen Lieberwirth: Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. Die Geschichte des Sinfonieorchesters. Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad publishing house, Altenburg 1999, ISBN 3-930550-09-1, p. 129.
- Bettina Hinterthür: Noten nach Plan. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 126.
- Bettina Hinterthür: Noten nach Plan. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 493.
- Noten nach Plan : die Musikverlage in der SBZ/DDR : Zensursystem, zentrale Planwirtschaft und deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen bis Anfang der 1960er Jahre on WorldCat
- 1951 establishments in East Germany
- 1990 disestablishments in East Germany
- Classical music magazines
- Defunct music magazines published in Germany
- Magazines published in East Germany
- East German music
- Defunct German-language magazines
- Magazines established in 1951
- Magazines disestablished in 1990
- Magazines published in Berlin