Music Divided - Bartoks Legacy in Cold War Culture

Zusatztext "A nuanced analysis . . . . Demonstrates with great clarity relationships between aesthetic questions and broader political and social issues." Informationen zum Autor Danielle Fosler-Lussier is Assistant Professor of Music at The Ohio State University. Klappentext "This is an extremely important, groundbreaking study. The research is impressive and explores a wide variety of resources that span several languages, disciplines, and secondary as well as archival sources. Stylistically uncomplicated and lucidly written, this book is a fascinating piece of reading."—László Somfai, author of Béla Bartók: Composition, Concepts, and Autograph Sources , Editor-in Chief of the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Note on Hungarian Pronunciation 1. Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra and the Demise of Hungary's "Third Road" 2. A Compromised Composer: Bartók's Music and Western Europe's Fresh Start 3. "Bartók Is Ours": The Voice of America and Hungarian Control over Bartók's Legacy 4. Bartók and His Publics: Defining the "Modern Classic" 5. Beyond the Folk Song; or! What Was Hungarian Socialist Realist Music? 6. The "Bartók Question" and the Politics of Dissent: The Case of András Mihály Epilogue East: Bartók's Difficult Truths and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Epilogue West: Bartók's Legacy and George Rochberg's Postmodernity Appendix 1: Compositions by Bartók Broadcast on Hungarian Radio! 18 September to 1 October 1950 Appendix 2: Biographical Notes Notes Selected Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Danielle Fosler-Lussier
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.05.2007
• EAN: 9780520249653
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24965-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music; California Studies in 20th Cen; California Studies in 20th-Century Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Hungary, Social and cultural history, c 1950 to c 1959, Composers and songwriters, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, C 1945 To C 1960, Art music, orchestral and formal music, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era