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100 1 $aRosenberg, Jonathan,$d1958-$eauthor.
245 10$aDangerous melodies :$bclassical music in America from the Great War through the Cold War /$cJonathan Rosenberg.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1$aNew York, NY :$bW. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,$c2020.
264 4$c©2020.
300 $axxv, 485 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent.
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia.
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"A Juilliard-trained musician and professor of history explores the fascinating entanglement of classical music with American foreign relations. Dangerous Melodies vividly evokes a time when classical music stood at the center of American life, occupying a prominent place in the nation's culture and politics. The work of renowned conductors, instrumentalists, and singers-and the activities of orchestras and opera companies-were intertwined with momentous internationalevents: two world wars, the rise of fascism, and the Cold War. Jonathan Rosenberg recovers the politics behind classical music, showing how German musicians were dismissed or imprisoned as the country's music was swept from American auditoriums during World War I-yet, twenty years later, those same compositions could inspire Americans in the fight against Nazism while Russian music was deployed to strengthen the U.S.-Soviet alliance. During the Cold War, Van Cliburn's triumph in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow became cause for America to celebrate. In Dangerous Melodies, Rosenberg delves into the singular decades-long relationship of classical music and political ideology in America"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0$aMusic$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0$aUnited States$xForeign relations$xHistory$y20th century.