03812nam 2200661 450 991082296740332120200520144314.01-78238-501-010.1515/9781782385011(CKB)3710000000411328(EBL)1707800(SSID)ssj0001482424(PQKBManifestationID)11830766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001482424(PQKBWorkID)11432241(PQKB)11636869(MiAaPQ)EBC1707800(Au-PeEL)EBL1707800(CaPaEBR)ebr11052972(CaONFJC)MIL782707(OCoLC)908670299(DE-B1597)636928(DE-B1597)9781782385011(EXLCZ)99371000000041132820150523h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMusic and international history in the twentieth century /edited by Jessica C. E. Gienow-HechtNew York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn,2015.©20151 online resource (278 p.)Explorations in Culture and International History Series ;Volume 7Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-500-2 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Music and International History in the Twentieth Century; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction: Sonic History, or Why Music Matters in International History; Part I - Music, International Relations, and the Absence of the State; Chapter One - The Wicked Barrisons; Chapter Two - The International Society for Contemporary Music and Its Political Context (Prague, 1935); Part II - Music, International History, and the State; Chapter Three - Music and International Relations in Occupied Germany, 1945-49Chapter Four - Instruments of Diplomacy: Writing Music into the History of Cold War International RelationsChapter Five - ""To Reach . . . into the Hearts and Minds of Our Friends"": The United States' Symphonic Tours and the Cold War; Chapter Six - Music Diplomacy in an Emergency: Eisenhower's ""Secret Weapon,"" Iceland, 1954-59; Chapter Seven - Intimate Histories of the Musical Cold War: Fred Prieberg and Igor Blazhkov's Unofficial Diplomacy; Chapter Eight - ""Where I Cannot Roam, My Song Will Take Wing"": Polish Cultural Promotion in Belarus, 1988; Index Bringing together scholars from the fields of musicology and international history, this book investigates the significance of music to foreign relations, and how it affected the interaction of nations since the late 19th century. For more than a century, both state and non-state actors have sought to employ sound and harmony to influence allies and enemies, resolve conflicts, and export their own culture around the world. This book asks how we can understand music as an instrument of power and influence, and how the cultural encounters fostered by music changes our ideas about international Explorations in culture and international history series ;Volume 7.MusicPolitical aspectsHistory20th centuryMusic and diplomacyMusic and stateMusicPolitical aspectsHistoryMusic and diplomacy.Music and state.7809/.04LR 57727rvkGienow-Hecht Jessica C. E.1964-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822967403321Music and international history in the twentieth century3954889UNINA