Der singende deutsche Mann in competition. Concepts of archievement and competitiveness at Preissingen (choral competitions) between 1840 and 1918

尽管在当今的音乐世界中，人们不可能忽视竞争表演，但这种18世纪末和19世纪初的现代竞争音乐文化的起源和发展，直到现在还没有得到研究的关注。这尤其适用于所谓的Preissingen，即男声合唱团的比赛，大约从1840年开始在德国的不同地区迅速传播。比尔格图姆，特别是克莱因布尔格图姆，加入了大量参加这些比赛的合唱团。因此，在跨学科项目的框架内探索Preissingen似乎是合理的，考虑到关于德国比尔热图姆的历史研究的结果，结合跨学科研究中关于被称为竞争的独特社会互动的理论考虑，以及关于音乐学中的相关思考。主要的问题将是，在1840年至1918年期间，在普赖辛根的参与者的具体实践中体现了什么成就或竞争的概念，以及从这些想法和实践中可以得出什么关于中产阶级对成就和竞争的具体取向的结论。

Although it is impossible to ignore competitive performance in the present-day world of music, the origins and development of this modern competitive culture in music in the late 18th and early 19th centuries has until now received little attention from research. This holds particularly for the so-called Preissingen, competitions for male voice choirs, which spread rapidly in various regions of Germany from about 1840. The Bürgertum, especially the Kleinbürgertum, joined choirs that took part in these competitions in huge numbers. It therefore seems reasonable to explore the Preissingen in the framework of an interdisciplinary project, taking into account the results of historical research concerning the German Bürgertum, linking up with theoretical considerations from interdisciplinary research concerning the distinctive social interaction known as competition and with respect to relevant reflections in musicology. The leading question will be what concepts of achievement or competition are manifest in the concrete practice of the participants in Preissingen between 1840 and 1918 and what conclusion can be drawn from these ideas and practices with respect to a specific middle class orientation towards achievement and competition.