PT Journal
AU Bluml, J
TI Popularization of Anglo-American Rock in Czechoslovakia at the Time of Normalization on the Example of the Brno Scene
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2020
BP 25
EP 49
VL 32
IS 2
DI 10.5507/mo.2020.011
DE Czechoslovakia; normalization; music in communism; history of popular music; Anglo-American rock; Brno; south Moravian region; music clubs; rock aesthetics; rock reception
AB The study examines the forms of institutionalized popularization of Anglo-American rock in the context of Brno music clubs at the time of normalization (1969-1989). Based on unpublished sources and oral historical research, the text shows the specifics of the rock scene in the south Moravian region, while contradicting the dominant interpretation of the history of rock music behind the Iron Curtain primarily as a political force.
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