GDR Bulletin

Volume 3 Issue 1 February Article 5

1977

Recent Publications various authors

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This Announcement is brought to you for free and open access by New Prairie Press. It has been accepted for inclusion in GDR Bulletin by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FRITZ iENNENBERG - ROSWITHA TREXLER - 7 - authors: Recent Publications Dr. and his wife, Roswitha Trexler, are currently making plans for RECENT PUBLICATIONS their tour of the United States, March- June, 1978. Both Dr. Hennenberg and his wife have travelled throughout Europe, Giles, Geoffrey, "The Structure of Higher sharing their knowledge of new music in Education in the German Democratic Republic", the GDR with large audiences. Yale Higher Education Working Paper Series, A former Musikwissenschaft student in YHEP - 12, October 1976. Dresden and , Dr. Hennenberg has published a number of books in the GDR, Kaufmann, Eva & Hans. Erwartung und Angebot. including "Brecht-Dessau. Musikalische Studien zum gegenwärtigen Verhältnis von Arbeiten "(1963) and a biography of Literatur und Gesellschaft in der DDR. (l965). He is currently Berlin : Akadamie, 1975. working on forthcoming publications, This volume contains seven very useful essays, including "Brecht und die Musik", and most notably the first: "Literatur in einer "7 Porträts junger Komponisten aus der dynamischen Gesellschaft", in addition to DDR." While in the U.S., Dr. Hennen• others on the anthology Blitz aus heiterem berg is prepared to discuss such topics Himmel, on Brigitte Reimann, Gerti Tetzner as: and Christa Wolf. Lektionen Brecht und die Musik Lektionen Musik-Avantgarde in Klunker, Heinz. Zeitstücke und Zeitgenossen. der DDR Gegenwartstheater in der DDR. München : DTV, Workshops über das Singen von 1975. Brecht-Liedern Although originally published in 1972, this study contains many useful insights into the Roswitha Trexler is a rektown and versatile role of contemporary theater in the GDR. singer who has successfully performed the music of Dessau, Eisler and Weill) as well Rumold, Rainer, " 'Tarnung vor Spiegeln' - as the traditional works from such com• Zur kulturpolitischen und sprachlichen posers as Bach,Schubert, and Schönberg. Problematik des 'schwarzen' Lehrgecichts She has accompanied her husband in pre• Günter Kunerts", Monatshefte (Winter 1976), senting concerts, lectures and workshops 25-35. concerned with avant-garde music in the The essay explores tne rudimentary affinity GDR. of Kunert's anthology to a modernist "experi• Those interested in issuing invitations mental concept of language and poetry; at to Dr. Hennenberg and his wife Roswitha the same time, however, Kunert opposes the 1978, Trexler for the period of May-June extreme linguistic experimentations of the should contact Dr. Fritz Hennenberg, West (e.g. Heissenbüttel's didacticism of DDR-7035 Leipzig, Zum Harfenacker ?, absolute irritation). If most idiosyncrati- Telefon 491247. cally, the poet verges on those OUR cultural policies which emphasize a synthesis of the German classical heritage with socialist HERMANN KANT ideas.

Hermann Kant, well known East German Sprachkultur — warum, wozu?: Aufgaben der author, will be in the United States Sprachkultur in der DDR. Von einem Autoren• from April 2-28, 1977. From the 17th kollektiv. Leipzig : VEB Bibliogr. Institut, through the 20th of April, he will 1976. participate in the Foreign Language Was ist und wozu dient Sprachkultur als 'vseek at West Virginia University. Aufgabe der Gesellschaft und der einzelnen? Kant has not yet finalized his plans Sprachkultur ist keine Kampagne gegen "Ver• for the remaining time before and after wilderung", sondern ein ständiges, jedem this conference and would be interested mögliches Bemühen um einen normgerechten, in visiting other universities. Those stilistisch angemessenen, schöpferischen interested in making arrangements for und wirkungsvollen Sprachgebrauch. Mr. Kant to visit their canrius should contact Sonja Elm, Kulturattache, '.jolf, Christa. Divided Heaven. Translated Embassy of the German Democratic by Joan Becker with an Introduction by .lack Republic, 1717 Mass. Ave. NW, Wash. Zit)es* Mew York: Acer's Foreign Books, D.C. 20036. (202-232-3134). 1976.

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