Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War by Rosenberg, Jonathan
Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War by Rosenberg, Jonathan

Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War

Dangerous Melodies vividly evokes a time when classical music stood at the center of twentieth-century American life,...
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Author: Jonathan Rosenberg
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Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War by Rosenberg, Jonathan

Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War

$105.55
Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War by Rosenberg, Jonathan

Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War Through the Cold War

$105.55
Author: Jonathan Rosenberg
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Dangerous Melodies vividly evokes a time when classical music stood at the center of twentieth-century 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, especially the two world wars and the long Cold War.

Jonathan Rosenberg exposes the politics behind classical music, showing how German musicians were dismissed or imprisoned during World War I, while numerous German compositions were swept from American auditoriums. He writes of the accompanying impassioned protests, some of which verged on riots, by soldiers and ordinary citizens. Yet, during World War II, those same compositions were no longer part of the political discussion, while Russian music, especially Shostakovich's, was used as a tool to strengthen the US-Soviet alliance. During the Cold War, accusations of communism were leveled against members of the American music community, while the State Department sent symphony orchestras to play around the world, even performing behind the Iron Curtain.

Rich with a stunning array of composers and musicians, including Karl Muck, Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Kirsten Flagstad, Aaron Copland, Van Cliburn, and Leonard Bernstein, Dangerous Melodies delves into the volatile intersection of classical music and world politics to reveal a tumultuous history of twentieth-century America.



Author: Jonathan Rosenberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 12/10/2019
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780393608427


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/23/2019
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2019 pg. 72
Library Journal 11/01/2019 pg. 88
Booklist 12/01/2019 pg. 12
Shelf Awareness 01/24/2020

About the Author
Rosenberg, Jonathan: - Jonathan Rosenberg, professor of twentieth-century US history at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is author of Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold War; How Far the Promised Land?: World Affairs and the American Civil Rights Movement from the First World War to Vietnam; and co-author of Kennedy, Johnson, and the Quest for Justice: The Civil Rights Tapes. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.
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