Irish Traditional Music in Germany

Nationalism, Nostalgia and Intercultural Transactions

Morgenstern demonstrates how German musicians adoption of Irish traditional music allows them to bridge the shameful disjuncture caused by the Nazi appropriation of German folk music.

This book locates the experiences of German Irish traditional-music practitioners in the broader framework of modern European history.

Drawing upon extensive fieldwork, it illustrates the ongoing centrality of cultural capital and acquired technical prowess in installing gatekeeping mechanisms of inclusivity in the primary performance and transmission settings of German Irish-music sessions and workshops. Felix Morgenstern argues that, while still adapting some regulations of belonging shaped in the musics place of origin, such arrangements ultimately serve to decouple the translocal, German community of practice from its Irish authenticating centre.Intercultural Transactionsp