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Settling Scores: German Music, Denazification, and the Americans, 1945-1953
David Monod
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Description for Settling Scores: German Music, Denazification, and the Americans, 1945-1953
Hardcover. A study of the attempted "denazification" of German music by the Music Control Branch of the Information Control Division of Military Government. Monod 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. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; AVGC4; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Classical music was central to German national identity in the early twentieth century. The preeminence of composers such as Bach and Beethoven and artists such as conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler and pianist Walter Gieseking was cited by the Nazis as justification for German expansionism and as evidence of Aryan superiority. In the minds of many Americans, further German aggression could be prevented only if the population's faith in its moral and cultural superiority was shattered. In Settling Scores, David Monod examines the attempted ""denazification"" of the German music world by the Music Control Branch of the Information Control Division of Military ... Read more
Classical music was central to German national identity in the early twentieth century. The preeminence of composers such as Bach and Beethoven and artists such as conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler and pianist Walter Gieseking was cited by the Nazis as justification for German expansionism and as evidence of Aryan superiority. In the minds of many Americans, further German aggression could be prevented only if the population's faith in its moral and cultural superiority was shattered. In Settling Scores, David Monod examines the attempted ""denazification"" of the German music world by the Music Control Branch of the Information Control Division of Military ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807829448
SKU
V9780807829448
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About David Monod
David Monod is professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. He is author of Store Wars: Retailers and the Culture of Mass Marketing, 1890-1939.
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