Tanz, Kultur, Sport und Wissenschaft

This essay takes a look back to 13 years of history of the postgraduate programme DanceCulture (TanzKultur) integrated in the Institute of Sport Science of the University of Bern.

Der deutsche Militarismus in seiner Bedeutung für die menschliche Kultur

Georg Bonne

Biblisch-talmudische Medizin: Beiträge zur Geschichte d. Heilkunde u. d. Kultur überhaupt

Julius Preuss

Die Kultur der Gegenwart : ihre Entwicklung und ihre Ziele

hrsg. von Paul Hinneberg

Krieg und medikale Kultur

Rezension zu Livia Prüll, Philipp Rauh (Hrsg.) : Krieg und medikale Kultur : Patientenschicksale und ärztliches Handeln in der Zeit der Weltkriege, 1914-1945. - Göttingen, 2014

«Einige Zeit aufs Singen verwendet». Musik als Kernressource dörflicher Kultur am Beispiel des schweizerischen 18. Jahrhunderts

Dealing with popular music in premodern times historical research usually focuses on so called “Volksmusik”. But already in the 18th century researchers were disappointed to find only few traces of imaginary “traditional” music in Switzerland. They unfortunately overlooked that common people kept on with their own stubborn musical culture: Beginning with the Reformation the authorities encouraged the communities to employ schoolmasters who were able to teach music. Their goal was that everybody should be able to participate in liturgical music actively. Over generations even people with no special musical talent adopted their own repertoire of psalms plus techniques of reading music and polyphonic singing. Spontaneous choral singing evolved into a common everyday practice. The most ambitious and brightest teachers even taught instrumental lessons at home on their proper pianos and chamber organs or encouraged the villagers to build new prestigious organs in their churches. The financial burden of such instruments weighted heavily on the communities. Some of them received financial support from the government, albeit unwillingly because it was obvious to the rulers that the villages just wanted to overtop each other. Homemade music was the most important issue in the cultural life of most parishes. Rich communes spent a lot of money to win the best voices on-site for their church choirs. Belonging to an elitists’ singer association paved the way to the farmer-village’s highlevel sociability.

Prof. Hilgard, Bekeley, über die Bedeutung der Böden trockener Zonen für die Kultur

Friedrich Oetken