04515nam 2200745 450 991046368590332120200520144314.00-520-95978-710.1525/9780520959781(CKB)2670000000602042(EBL)1789999(SSID)ssj0001438407(PQKBManifestationID)11810893(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001438407(PQKBWorkID)11377758(PQKB)10345929(StDuBDS)EDZ0001193113(MiAaPQ)EBC1789999(OCoLC)905221403(MdBmJHUP)muse47171(DE-B1597)520891(DE-B1597)9780520959781(PPN)189857897(Au-PeEL)EBL1789999(CaPaEBR)ebr11033070(CaONFJC)MIL751726(EXLCZ)99267000000060204220150328h20152015 uy 0engur||u---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMusic in America's Cold War diplomacy /Danielle Fosler-LussierOakland, California :University of California Press,2015.©20151 online resourceCalifornia Studies in 20th-Century MusicDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-28413-5 1-336-20440-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction: Instruments of Diplomacy --1. Classical Music and the Mediation of Prestige --2. Classical Music as Development Aid --3. Jazz in the Cultural Presentations Program --4. African American Ambassadors Abroad and at Home --5. Presenting America's Religious Heritage Abroad --6. The Double-Edged Diplomacy of Popular Music --7. Music, Media, and Cultural Relations Between the United States and the Soviet Union --Conclusion: Music, Mediated Diplomacy, and Globalization in the Cold War Era --Notes --Selected Bibliography --IndexDuring the Cold War, thousands of musicians from the United States traveled the world, sponsored by the U.S. State Department's Cultural Presentations program. Performances of music in many styles-classical, rock 'n' roll, folk, blues, and jazz-competed with those by traveling Soviet and mainland Chinese artists, enhancing the prestige of American culture. These concerts offered audiences around the world evidence of America's improving race relations, excellent musicianship, and generosity toward other peoples. Through personal contacts and the media, musical diplomacy also created subtle musical, social, and political relationships on a global scale. Although born of state-sponsored tours often conceived as propaganda ventures, these relationships were in themselves great diplomatic achievements and constituted the essence of America's soft power. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, Danielle Fosler-Lussier shows that musical diplomacy had vastly different meanings for its various participants, including government officials, musicians, concert promoters, and audiences. Through the stories of musicians from Louis Armstrong and Marian Anderson to orchestras and college choirs, Fosler-Lussier deftly explores the value and consequences of "musical diplomacy."California studies in 20th-century music.Music in intercultural communicationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryArts and diplomacyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMusic and globalizationUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relationsCommunist countriesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesCultural policyHistory20th centuryCommunist countriesForeign relationsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Music in intercultural communicationHistoryArts and diplomacyHistoryMusic and globalizationHistory780.78/73LQ 89307rvkFosler-Lussier Danielle1969-1040315MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463685903321Music in America's Cold War diplomacy2463067UNINA