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Dangerous melodies : classical music in America from the Great War through the Cold War
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First edition.
"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 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. In Dangerous Melodies, Rosenberg delves into the singular decades-long relationship of classical music and political ideology in America"--
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| Bronxville Public Library | 780.973 R (Text) Nonfiction |
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| Chappaqua Library | 780.973 ROSENBERG (Text) Nonfiction |
31005600047643 |
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| Larchmont Public Library | 780.973 R (Text) Nonfiction |
31014152846451 |
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| Mount Pleasant Public Library | 780.973 R (Text) Nonfiction |
31024153637676 |
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| New Rochelle Public Library | 780.973 R (Text) Nonfiction |
31019156418801 |
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| Ossining Public Library | 780.973 R (Text) Nonfiction |
31021153308589 |
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| Rye Free Reading Room | ART & LIT. - 780.97 ROSENBERG (Text) Nonfiction |
31028153282227 |
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| The Field Library | 780.973 R (Text) Nonfiction |
31022152093701 |
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| White Plains Public Library | 780.973 R (Text) Nonfiction |
31544201019460 |
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| Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | FA 780.97 R (Text) Nonfiction |
31035613046522 |
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