Learning German through Songs and Singing - das deutsche, deutschsprachige und "deutsch gelesene" Lied von Walther von der Vogelweide bis zu Nashi44

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Subject according curriculum

Analysis, music theory seminar

Teachers

Prof. Sebastian Sprenger

Scope

Thursday, 10.30 - 12.00 Start: 9. 4. 2026

Room

BP 201

Duration

1.5 Semesterwochenstunden

Description

Overview of the development of the - very broadly defined - genre of "song" in the German-speaking world from medieval minnesong to Hildegard von Bingen, Luther chorale, sacred songs of various denominations, "Silent Night", folk and art song, political song, chanson etc. to the vocal music of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krautrock, New German Wave and "Asian Berlin Pussy Conscious Rap".
The sub-genre of children's song is examined in particular in its social transformation, for example on the basis of current discussions about the question of whether racist stereotypes are spread by singing the song "Drei Chinesen mit dem Kontrabass".
Reflections, external views and long-distance effects such as the pseudo-folk song "Edelweiss" in the US musical "The Sound of Music", the use of Eisler's struggle and workers' songs in the South Korean protest movement of the 1980s or the reception of Kraftwerk by Afrika Bambaataa will also be addressed. - Wherever possible, the songs should also be "incorporated" through the students' own singing, possibly in their own arrangements and adaptations.

Literature

Balzer, Jens: Lard and rebellion: German pop and its language. Berlin 2022
Bunge, Hans: Ask more about Brecht - Hanns Eisler in conversation. Munich 1972
Dallach, Christoph: Future Sounds - how a few Krautrockers revolutionized the pop world. Berlin 2021
Esch, Rüdiger: ElectriCity: electronic music from Düsseldorf 1970 - 1986. Berlin 2014
Gennrich, Friedrich: Troubadours, Trouvères, Minne- und Meistergesang. Cologne 1960
Kopiez, Reinhard; Brink, Guido: Football fan chants: a FANomenology. Würzburg 1999
Steinaecker, Thomas von; Bassewitz, David von: Stockhausen - the man who came from Sirius. Hamburg 2022
Wißmann, Friederike: German music. Berlin 2015

Films among others:
Birkenstock, Arne/Tengeler, Jan: Sound of Heimat: Deutschland singt! Cologne 2013
Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm/Kaya, Cem: Love, D-Mark and Death, Cologne 2022

Credits

3 Creditpoints

Comments

Course for BA and MA students of all disciplines.
Please register by stating your degree program at sebastian.sprenger[at]hfmt-hamburg.de by 6. 4. 2026.
Proof of performance: Continuous active participation (linguistically and musically) in the course; paper/presentation

Modules

Musiktheoretisches Modul 1 Instrumentalisten Master, Musiktheoretisches Modul 2 Kirchenmusik A (Master), Wahlmodul freie Wahl (alle Studiengänge)