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Music Divided: Bartók’s Legacy in Cold War Culture
Danielle Fosler-Lussier
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Hardback. Explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. This study illuminates the pervasive political anxieties of the day through attention to artistic, music-theoretical, and propagandistic responses to the music of Hungary's renowned 20th-century composer, Bela Bartok. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 12 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 1DVU; 3JJPG; AVGC6; AVH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
"Music Divided" explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. In this groundbreaking study, Danielle Fosler-Lussier illuminates the pervasive political anxieties of the day through particular attention to artistic, music-theoretical, and propagandistic responses to the music of Hungary's most renowned twentieth-century composer, Bela Bartok. She shows how a tense period of political transition plagued Bartok's music and imperiled those who took a stand on its aesthetic value in the emerging socialist state. Her fascinating investigation of Bartok's reception outside of Hungary demonstrates that Western composers, too, ... Read more
"Music Divided" explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. In this groundbreaking study, Danielle Fosler-Lussier illuminates the pervasive political anxieties of the day through particular attention to artistic, music-theoretical, and propagandistic responses to the music of Hungary's most renowned twentieth-century composer, Bela Bartok. She shows how a tense period of political transition plagued Bartok's music and imperiled those who took a stand on its aesthetic value in the emerging socialist state. Her fascinating investigation of Bartok's reception outside of Hungary demonstrates that Western composers, too, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
California Studies in 20th-Century Music
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520249653
SKU
V9780520249653
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About Danielle Fosler-Lussier
Danielle Fosler-Lussier is Assistant Professor of Music at The Ohio State University.
Reviews for Music Divided: Bartók’s Legacy in Cold War Culture
"A nuanced analysis ... Demonstrates with great clarity relationships between aesthetic questions and broader political and social issues." European History Qtly