Settling scores : German music, denazification, & the Americans, 1945-1953 / David Monod
Utgivning: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2005Beskrivning: 325 s. : illISBN:- 0-8078-2944-7
- 780/.943/09044 22
- ML275.5 .M66 2005
- Ijb-fa.55
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A | B25.606 | 1 | Available | 26201811707 |
A study of the attempted "denazification" of German music by the Music Control Branch of the Information Control Division of Military Government. Argues that the long-term effects are greater than has been recognized, as German officials regained control and limited their involvement in artistic life while promoting "new" (anti-Nazi) music
Preparing for music control -- Facing the music : denazification and revolution, 1945 -- Reforming music culture, 1945-1946 -- Learning to keep quiet : Wilhelm Furtwängler and the end of denazification -- From major to minor : the retreat from reform, 1947-1950 -- Paying guests : American artists in cold war Germany, 1948-1953 -- Conclusion : a new day in Beulah.