The Political Instrumentalization of Music of the Past in 20th Century Germany: The Example of George Frideric Handel

作为一个研究项目，它涉及的问题是过去的音乐是如何在世纪的德国工具化，这项研究是音乐与政治之间的关系广泛的主题背景的一部分。这个问题将通过考察人们对乔治弗里德里克亨德尔作为作曲家和音乐遗产的核心人物之一的作品的态度而变得具体化，亨德尔在他的一生中就被认为是政治作曲家，因此从那时起就一直被用作政治作曲家。这一点在世纪德国的两个殖民地时期变得非常明显。该项目有意涉及更广泛的时间段-整个世纪-不仅能够解决政治化音乐的极端表现形式，而且还能够呈现，描述，分析和比较各种形式的政府和不同的社会制度和社会中尽可能广泛的政治使用音乐的形式。就韩德尔在20世纪的政治感知而言，将研究以下不同领域：-音乐的政治工具化理论-亨德尔形象，特别是亨德尔的政治解释-从事亨德尔培养的机构的政治化-亨德尔周年纪念日作为音乐与政治之间关系的历史主要焦点;亨德尔的作品在庆祝活动和庆祝活动的中心-政治意图翻拍，介绍和亨德尔的作品的解释。该研究项目的方法基础是一个双向比较的方法：一方面，比较了20世纪世纪两次德国统治时期音乐政治利用的规模、技术和功能，另一方面，它考察了德国独裁政府和非独裁政府在政治使用音乐方面的差异。此外，该项目采用跨学科的方法，将意味着多种研究方法，包括相关历史学科的成果和方法，如思想的社会史，话语分析和心理史。主要重点在于对来源的批判性评价和接受史。该项目可以在原始资料的利用和存档方面进行广泛的基础工作。该研究项目的结果将在跨学科会议上进行介绍和讨论，最终将在专著中发表。

As research project which deals with the question of how music of the past had been instrumentalized in Germany in the 20th century, this study is part of the extensive topical context of the relation between music and politics. This question will be made concrete by examining the attitudes towards the work of George Frideric Handel as composer and one of the central figures of musical heritage, who was understood as political composer already during his lifetime, and accordingly since then had been used as such. This became extremely obvious during the times of both dictatorships in Germany during the 20th century. The project intentionally refers to a wider period of time - the whole 20th century - to not only be able to address extreme manifestations of politicized music, but also to present, describe, analyze and compare the widest possible range of forms of politically used music in various forms of government and different social systems and societies.As far as the political perception of Handel in the 20th century is concerned, the following different areas will be examined:- theories of political instrumentalization of music- Handel images and particularly political interpretations of Handel- the politicization of institutions engaged in Handel cultivation- Handel anniversaries as main focusing points in history as far as the relation between music and politics is concerned; Handel's compositions in the center of celebrational acts and celebrations- politically intended remakes, presentations and interpretations of Handel's compositions.The methodical basis of the research project is a bi-comparative approach: On the one hand it compares dimensions, techniques and functions of the political exploitation of music during the two German dictatorships of the 20th century, on the other hand it examines the differences in the political usage music between the German dictatorial and non-dictatorial forms of government. Besides, the project uses an interdisciplinary approach and will imply a variety of research methods, embracing both results of related historical disciplines and approaches like the social history of ideas, discourse analysis and history of mentalities. The main focus lies on the critical evaluation of sources and on reception history. The project can resort to extensive groundwork in the exploitation and archiving of source material. The results of the research project are meant to be presented and discussed at an interdisciplinary conference and finally will be published in a monograph.