A technical term coined by Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) and disseminated by Hanns Eisler (1898–1962). “Misuk” refers to the alienating function of music in epic theatre. Brecht’s anti-Aristotelian concept of theatre was especially fascinating to the composers Kurt Weill (1900–1950), Hanns Eisler, and Paul Dessau (1894–1979), all of whom worked with the poet. They created anti-bourgeois, politicall…
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Petersen, Peter, “Misuk”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 20 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0551>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312
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