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Author Rosenberg, Jonathan, 1958- author.

Title Dangerous melodies : classical music in America from the Great War through the Cold War / Jonathan Rosenberg.

Publisher New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2019]
©2020.

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Auburn PL Nonfiction Stacks  ML 3917 .U6 R67 2019    AVAILABLE  
 Curtis ML Adult Non Fiction  780.973 Rosenberg 2019    AVAILABLE  
 LewPL Nonfiction  780.973 R813d    AVAILABLE  
 Scarborough PL Nonfiction  780.973 ROSENBERG    AVAILABLE  
 South Portland Main Adult NF  780.973 ROS    AVAILABLE  
 Walker ML Adult Nonfiction  780.973 Rosenberg    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition.
Physical Description xxv, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-461) and index.
Summary "A Juilliard-trained musician and professor of history explores the fascinating entanglement of classical music with American foreign relations. ...Vividly evokes a time when classical music stood at the center of American life, occupying a prominent place in the nation's culture and politics. The work of renowned conductors, instrumentalists, and singers--and the activities of orchestras and opera companies--were intertwined with momentous international events: two world wars, the rise of fascism, and the Cold War. Jonathan Rosenberg recovers the politics behind classical music, showing how German musicians were dismissed or imprisoned as the country's music was swept from American auditoriums during World War I--yet, twenty years later, those same compositions could inspire Americans in the fight against Nazism while Russian music was deployed to strengthen the U.S.-Soviet alliance. During the Cold War, Van Cliburn's triumph in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow became cause for America to celebrate. ...Rosenberg delves into the singular decades-long relationship of classical music and political ideology in America"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- History -- 20th century.
Alternate Title Classical music in America from the Great War through the Cold War