The Political Songs of Gerhard Gundermann in an East German and International Context

这项研究将调查一位杰出的东德抗议歌手的工作，他在自己的国家之外鲜为人知。格哈德·冈德曼来自劳茨煤矿区，他是一名露天矿工，同时也是一位备受赞誉的音乐家，于1998年英年早逝，享年43岁。上世纪70年代，刚德曼从民主德国国家控制的政治歌唱运动中脱颖而出，他在1989年秋天的和平革命中尤为活跃。德国统一后，随着他成为文化和政治上被剥夺公民权的东德人的代言人，他的唱片销量不断增长。这样一来，他就可以被看作是一位处理政治理想与现实之间矛盾的批判性作曲家，无论是在民主德国的共产主义时期，还是随后在20世纪90年代的资本主义德国。我的研究尤其及时，因为获奖电影《冈德曼》（2018年德累森）的上映恰逢他去世20周年，人们对这一主题产生了相当大的新兴趣。作为一系列纪念活动的一部分，我和来自欧洲各地的音乐家将冈德曼的歌词翻译成我们自己的语言，并将歌曲录制在CD《冈德曼在欧罗巴》中，该CD于2019年10月被www.liederbestenliste.de杂志评为“月度专辑”。在这一国际合作的基础上，我现在提出一个实质性的研究项目，将进一步的记录和面向公众的活动与我自己的学术工作结合起来。我将在制定新的研究议程方面发挥领导作用，通过这种方式，我将揭示冈德曼在德国政治歌曲历史上的重要性，以及在冷战后抗议歌手的更广泛的国际背景下的重要性。主要目标是：1。通过发表两篇同行评议的期刊文章，并在一本编辑过的书中发表一章，突破了冈德曼目前的知识界限。这些产出将涉及：(a)他在德意志民主共和国的“旅社”（Brigade Feuerstein）团体的早期“Liedertheater”（歌曲戏剧）作品中所做的工作，这些作品为他后来的独奏生涯奠定了基础；(b)在他的歌曲中使用“叙事角色扮演”，他成为听众的身份认同人物，(c)他与工人歌曲传统的关系，以及在他的职业生涯中，他对当前主题的处理，如去工业化，全球化和环境；通过在贝尔法斯特举行的一次会议，领导国际学者网络制定新的研究议程，重点关注全球化时代抗议歌曲的社会身份塑造功能；3. 制作一张CD和一个网站，收录他的英文歌曲的新录音（由我自己演唱），向不讲德语和非专业的听众介绍冈德曼。3 .本网站还将包括演播室的表演录像和专题访谈，以及解释性的文字资料和歌词；发展领导经验和重要的研究网络，过渡到我职业生涯的下一阶段，并设定到2024年晋升为教授的目标。由于冈德曼关于德意志民主共和国“Liedertheater”的所有作品都未发表，我将在霍耶斯沃达的冈德曼档案馆进行研究，该档案馆保存了冈德曼撰写的所有材料。我将采用跨学科的方法，从抒情、音乐、表演、历史和政治的角度分析福尔斯坦旅最重要的12部“Liedertheater”作品的手稿和录音。光盘和网站将为我的研究提供有价值的参考点。他们将在以下对公众开放的活动中进行宣传：作为抗议歌曲国际会议的一部分，在邓肯艺术中心的演出，在荷耶斯沃达的一场音乐会（在学术研讨会之后）和柏林的一场音乐会。这些德国活动将由项目合作伙伴Seilschaft组织和资助

This research will investigate the work of a prominent East German protest singer about whom little is known outside of his own country. Gerhard Gundermann, from the Lausitz coal-mining region, was an open-pit miner and - simultaneously - a highly acclaimed musician who died prematurely in 1998 at the age of 43. Emerging out of the GDR state-controlled political singing movement in the 1970s Gundermann was particularly active in the peaceful revolution of autumn 1989. After German unification his record sales grew as he became the mouthpiece of culturally and politically disenfranchised East Germans. In this way he can be seen to be a critical songwriter who dealt with the contradiction between political ideals and reality, both during communism in the GDR and subsequently in capitalist Germany of the 1990s. My research is particularly timely in the wake of considerable new interest in this subject due to the release of the prize-winning film Gundermann (Dresen 2018) coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of his death. As part of a series of commemorative events, I and musicians from all over Europe translated lyrics of Gundermann into our own languages and recorded the songs for the CD Gundermanns Lieder in Europa, which was voted 'album of the month' by the magazine www.liederbestenliste.de in October 2019. Building on this international collaboration I now propose a substantial research project which will combine further recording and public-facing activities with my own academic work. I will demonstrate leadership in setting a new research agenda, by way of which I will reveal the significance of Gundermann in the history of German political song as well as in the wider international context of post-Cold War protest singers.The key aims are:1. to push the current boundaries of knowledge of Gundermann by publishing two peer-reviewed journal articles and one chapter in an edited volume. These outputs will deal with: (a) his work in the early 'Liedertheater' (song theatre) productions of the group Brigade Feuerstein in the GDR which provided the foundation for his later solo career; (b) the use of 'narrative role-play' in his songs where he becomes a figure of identification for his audience, and (c) his relationship to the tradition of workers' song and, latterly in his career, his treatment of more current themes such as deindustrialisation, globalisation and the environment;2. to lead an international network of scholars in shaping a new research agenda, by means of a conference in Belfast focussing on the social identity-shaping function of protest song in the globalised age; 3. to create a CD and a website with new recordings of his songs in English (performed by myself) to introduce Gundermann to a non-German-speaking and non-specialist audience. This website will also include video footage of studio performances and interviews on the subject as well as explanatory textual material and song lyrics;4. to develop leadership experience and significant research networks, to make the transition into the next phase of my career and to set a target of promotion to Professor by 2024.As all of Gundermann's GDR 'Liedertheater' output is unpublished, I will carry out the research in the Gundermann Archive in Hoyerswerda which hosts all material written by him. Taking an interdisciplinary approach I will analyse the manuscripts and audio recordings of the 12 most important 'Liedertheater' productions of Brigade Feuerstein from a lyrical, musical, performance, historical and political perspective. The CD and website will form a valuable point of reference for my research. They will be promoted at the following events open to the public: a performance in the Duncairn Arts Centre as part of the international conference on protest song, a concert in Hoyerswerda (following an academic workshop) and a concert in Berlin. These German events will be organised and financed by project partner Seilschaft