Unexpected Musical Worlds of Vienna: Immigration and Music in Urban Centers












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            * Ursula Hemetek
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            Abstrakt

            Vienna has been and still is the "City of Music" at a crossroads of international flow and
            This unique condition of Vienna arises from its history as the capital of the Austro-Hunga
            its later position as the eastern-most outpost of Western Europe during the Cold War, as t

            shelter for refugees during the Balkan Wars, and, finally, as the center of working immigr
            eastern Europe. For centuries, Vienna truly has been and today remains a multicultural cit
            and these conditions all lead to an astounding musical diversity. Drawing from several of 

            research projects on the topic I try in my paper to deal with the production of music (act
            by immigrants as well as with the "embeddedness" of these activities. I raise topics like 

            construction of ethnicity by performance, of the creation of "place" by music, of cultural
            as deconstructing ethnic images. Collectivism as well as individuality are also important 
            The methodological frame comes from studies in urban ethnomusicology as well as from recen

            on diaspora and music. The music examples I use are part of Vienna's immigrant scene, espe
            the communities from the former Yugoslavia as well as from Turkey. As ethnomusicology deal
            social and political context, the socio-political background is an important focus of the 


            Klíčová slova
            urban ethnomusicology; immigration; Vienna; scenarios of music making; theory; musical pra


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