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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'An unremarkable collection of music, examined by the author, is found to
    yield some interesting early-twentieth-century social history. The music from
    which Lucia König, a lower-middle-class girl, learned the piano, becomes a means
    of exploring her lifeworld. König described herself as a höhere Tochter: her parents,
    keen to improve her social standing, could afford to pay for a piano and some
    lessons, and thus offer her an opportunity for social improvement. Information
    gleaned from markings on König’s music, and from its physical condition, reveal
    her as hard-working student and a talented pianist. König’s music is in many respects
    typical of a höhere Tochter, as described in previous social-historical research,
    but it differs in ways that show her to have developed her own tastes and self-determined
    practice. The article also shows that apparently unpromising material can provide
    useful research material for both musicology and gender studies.'
author:
- first_name: Rebecca
  full_name: Grotjahn, Rebecca
  id: '193'
  last_name: Grotjahn
citation:
  ama: Grotjahn R. Playing at Refinement. A Musicological Approach to Music, Gender
    and Class Around 1900. <i>German History</i>. 2012;30(3):395–411. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs064">10.1093/gerhis/ghs064</a>
  apa: Grotjahn, R. (2012). Playing at Refinement. A Musicological Approach to Music,
    Gender and Class Around 1900. <i>German History</i>, <i>30</i>(3), 395–411. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs064">https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs064</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Grotjahn_2012, title={Playing at Refinement. A Musicological Approach
    to Music, Gender and Class Around 1900}, volume={30}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs064">10.1093/gerhis/ghs064</a>},
    number={3}, journal={German History}, author={Grotjahn, Rebecca}, year={2012},
    pages={395–411} }'
  chicago: 'Grotjahn, Rebecca. “Playing at Refinement. A Musicological Approach to
    Music, Gender and Class Around 1900.” <i>German History</i> 30, no. 3 (2012):
    395–411. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs064">https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs064</a>.'
  ieee: 'R. Grotjahn, “Playing at Refinement. A Musicological Approach to Music, Gender
    and Class Around 1900,” <i>German History</i>, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 395–411, 2012,
    doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs064">10.1093/gerhis/ghs064</a>.'
  mla: Grotjahn, Rebecca. “Playing at Refinement. A Musicological Approach to Music,
    Gender and Class Around 1900.” <i>German History</i>, vol. 30, no. 3, 2012, pp.
    395–411, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gerhis/ghs064">10.1093/gerhis/ghs064</a>.
  short: R. Grotjahn, German History 30 (2012) 395–411.
date_created: 2023-01-22T15:18:59Z
date_updated: 2023-01-22T15:20:29Z
ddc:
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department:
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doi: 10.1093/gerhis/ghs064
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page: 395–411
publication: German History
publication_identifier:
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