Music and the Environment in Dystopian Narrative

Heidi Hart teaches German and culture courses at Utah State University, USA. She is also a Pushcart Prize-winning poet and singer.

1. Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Sounding the Anthropocene

1.2 A Critical-performative approach

1.3 From Space Opera to Mahagonny

1.4 Conclusion

2. Chapter 2 Mozart in Space: A Love Story

2.1 Voice in the Machine

2.2 Messenger, Trace, Story

2.3 Mozart on the Bus

2.4 Conclusion

3. Chapter 3 Apocalyptic Body Song: The Book of Joan

3.1 Musical Novels

3.2 Violence and the Female Voice

3.3 Evoking the Earworm

3.4 A Sonic Cluster Bomb

3.5 Conclusion

4. Chapter 4 Fossil Opera: Persephone in the Late Anthropocene

4.1 Persephone's "Fall"

4.2 Kickstarter Opera

4.3 Ruined Words

4.4 Conclusion

5. Chapter 5 Mozart on Ice: Expedition to the End of the World

5.1 Mozart as Montage

5.2 Fossil Music

5.3 Diegesis and Paratext

5.4 Conclusion

6. Chapter 6 Sounding the Hurricane: Mahagonny

6.1 Trouble in Amerika

6.2 Vegas in Berlin

6.3 Music As Destroying Angel

6.4 Conclusion

7. Chapter 7 Conclusion: Topical and Indigenous Perspectives