Neue Musik und Konsum

Our current issue contains seven essays on this topic, which may seem somewhat brittle at first glance. They were written for us by graduates of the postgraduate course "DAS Music Journalism 2015/16" at the Hochschule für Musik Basel in cooperation with the International Music Institute Darmstadt. The course was led by Björn Gottstein and Thomas Meyer as well as Stefan Fricke. The titles of the essays alone (in alphabetical order) shed light on diverse aspects of a topic in which one might expect major contradictions. Or not?

Boulez at Burger King?
New music for quick consumption
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New music as a department store
What you can buy in the supermarket of modern sounds
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Closed, without company
Why and how New Music should rethink its self-imposed access restrictions.
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Image and representation in hybrid space
Stefan Prin‛s Mirror Box Extensions
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Sheep on stage and in the media
Contemporary opera in the USA
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Sofa or upholstered chair?
Live concert vs. canned music
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Seepage tendencies
New music and consumption at opposite ends of the cultural spectrum?
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