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„Gendere die Welt, sie braucht es“

What Does Gender Sound Like? “Gendere die Welt, sie braucht es”sheds light on gender roles, sexuality, and politics in Hanns Eisler’s music—from working-class mothers and protest music to songs and film. The seventh volume of the new “ Eisler-Studien ” series published by Wolke also explores the contradictions between the pursuit of emancipation and traditional gender roles.

39,00 €

Metamodernity in Music and Beyond

What connects Arvo Pärt to internet memes? Nastasia Khrushcheva explores music “beyond irony”: a new sincerity, melancholic euphoria, and the surprising power of simple melodies. Her award-winning book on metamodernism is now available in English.

24,00 €

Die Entgrenzung des Ästhetischen seit dem 20. Jahrhundert

From the autonomous work of art to the open aesthetic situation: Sabine Sanio traces the blurring of boundaries between music and art in the 20th century—from the historical avant-garde movements through John Cage and musique concrète to sound art, media, and new forms of listening.

38,00 €

Sound Studies and Sonic Arts Reader 2

What happens when listening itself becomes research? International artists and scholars explore sound as a form of knowledge—ranging from Arctic sonar to web cookies, decolonial listening practices, bodies, care, and surveillance.

29,00 €

The Sonic Real: Hearing the Other

What do we hear—and what escapes our hearing? *The Sonic Real* brings philosophy and sound art into dialogue and opens up new perspectives on sound, perception, and reality.

18,00 €

Speaking clearly

Four Decades of New and Experimental Music from a Composer’s Perspective: on Cage, Wolff, Stockhausen, Feldman, Darmstadt, the avant-garde, and the political conditions of musical life—a panorama of music from 1985 to the present that is as personal as it is critical.

28,00 €

Beyond Musical Borders

Composition, improvisation, and listening without fixed boundaries: *Beyond Musical Borders* combines 26 open-ended compositions with a guide to migration and musical exchange, as well as comprehensive “inside–outside ear” training. A practical guide for musicians who want to expand their musical ear, rethink musical material, and develop their own musical language.

24,00 €

Morton Feldman

What changes when we listen to the same music over and over again? In fifty fragmentary chapters, Guillaume Belhomme traces Morton Feldman’s *For Bunita Marcus* through time, silence, memory, and landscapes—weaving together music with Beckett, Cage, and the New York School to create a literary essay on the art of listening.

12,00 €

“Don’t tell anybody”

David Geringas talks about music, emigration, and survival. A portrait of a cellist of the century—now available in English as well.

34,00 €

Die Stimme der Musik

What language does music speak? This volume considers music as a language in its own right and explores its expression, its meaning, and its philosophical power.

18,99 € – 28,00 €

Gap Trap Laugh

What happens when music criticism itself becomes art? Ty Bouque’s SYNKOPEN essay, “Gap Trap Laugh,” explores Liza Lim’s music, feminist philosophy, and the power of speculative thinking—radical, poetic, and thought-provoking.

16,00 €

UNDERPLANET

What happens when sound becomes a material force? UNDERPLANET combines experimental sound art with decolonial philosophy and ecology—and offers a radically new perspective on the relationship between sound, the Earth, and politics.

12,00 €