Critical Music Historiography: Probing Canons, Ideologies and Institutions

Contributors in this edited collection argue that the radical view of the ’impossibility of history’, as well as the unavoidable ideology of any history, are counter-productive points of departure for historical scholarship. It is argued that metanarratives in history are still possible but systematized viewpoints and methods for a more critical and multi-faceted re-evaluation of the past through research are needed. The chapters tackle under-researched and non-conventional domains of music history as well as rethinking older historiographical concepts. The result is a challenging collection that stakes out a unique territory for itself among the growing body of work on critical music history.