Made in Germany: Studies in Popular Music (Routledge Global Popular Music Series)

Made in Germany: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of contemporary German popular music. Each essay, written by a leading scholar of German music, covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Germany and provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in Germany, followed by essays organized into thematic sections: Historical Spotlights; Globally German; Also "Made in Germany"; Explicitly German; and Reluctantly German.

Oliver Seibt is Assistant Professor of Cultural Musicology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Martin Ringsmut is Research Assistant in the Ethnomusicology Department at the University of Cologne, Germany, where he has taught courses in Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies.

David-Emil Wickström is Professor of Popular Music History at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, in Mannheim, Germany.