''Musik und Gesellschaft'' was a music magazine in the

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. It was published monthly from 1951 to 1990 in East Berlin by .

History

The journal was published from the first issue in March 1951 onwards by Ernst Hermann Meyer and the . In 1954 the editorship changed to the , of which it simultaneously became the official organ of communication. The music magazine regularly awarded a recording prize.

Chief editors

* 1951–1952 Karl Laux * 1952–1959 Eberhard Rebling. * 1959–1960 Horst Seeger. * 1960–1973 Hansjürgen Schaefer * 1973–1990 Liesel Markowski

Literature

* Bettina Hinterthür: ''Noten nach Plan. Die Musikverlage in der SBZ, DDR – Zensursystem, zentrale Planwirtschaft und deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen bis Anfang der 1960er Jahre''.''Noten nach Plan : die Musikverlage in der SBZ/DDR : Zensursystem, zentrale Planwirtschaft und deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen bis Anfang der 1960er Jahre''
on WorldCat Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, .

References

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