University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music Music, School of Spring 4-22-2011 The WDR Big Band: A Brief History Gabriela A. Richmond University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicstudent Part of the Musicology Commons Richmond, Gabriela A., "The WDR Big Band: A Brief History" (2011). Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music. 39. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/musicstudent/39 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Music, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Research, Creative Activity, and Performance - School of Music by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. THE WDR BIG BAND: A BRIEF HISTORY by Gabriela A. Richmond A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Music Major: Music Under the Supervision of Professor Pamela F. Starr Lincoln, Nebraska April, 2011 THE WDR BIG BAND: A BRIEF HISTORY Gabriela A. Richmond, M.M. University of Nebraska, 2011 Advisor: Pamela F. Starr The years following World War II brought new broadcasting stations to a divided Germany, government regulated radio stations in the East and state regulated stations in the West. Radio broadcasts were a significant cultural source for the Germans in times of reconstruction. Broadcasting stations played much of the familiar Tanz- und Unterhaltungsmusik, reminiscent of earlier times of happiness and prosperity.