Jonathan Gentry is a historian of Modern Germany who specializes in music and culture. His research on the reception of avant-garde classical music has appeared in the New German Critique and German Quarterly. He is currently writing a book with the working title Exhibiting Degeneration: Music, Media, and the Radicalization of German Nationalism. This project explores the role of the press in shaping German national identity by fomenting fears of cultural decline from 1848 to 1938.
Jonathan Gentry is a historian of Modern Germany who specializes in music and culture. His research on the reception of avant-garde classical music has appeared in the New German Critique and German Quarterly. He is currently writing a book with the working title Exhibiting Degeneration: Music, Media, and the Radicalization of German Nationalism. This project explores the role of the press in shaping German national identity by fomenting fears of cultural decline from 1848 to 1938.