LEADER 02619nam 2200493 450 001 9910796760603321 005 20180614133017.0 010 $a0-19-064971-2 010 $a0-19-064972-0 010 $a0-19-064970-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000004817639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5378472 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001878370 035 $a(PPN)230581706 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004817639 100 $a20180603d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe sound of a superpower $emusical Americanism and the Cold War /$fEmily Abrams Ansari 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cOxford University Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2018. 311 08$aPrint version : 9780190649692 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe American exceptionalists: Howard Hanson and William Schuman -- The "apolitical" opportunist: Virgil Thomson -- The disillusioned nationalist: Roy Harris -- The principled brand strategist: Aaron Copland -- The frustrated activist: Leonard Bernstein. 330 8 $aClassical composers seeking to create an American sound enjoyed unprecedented success during the 1930s and 1940s. Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Howard Hanson, and others brought national and international attention to American composers for the first time in history. In the years after World War II, however, something changed. The prestige of musical Americanism waned rapidly as anti-Communists made accusations against leading Americanist composers. Meanwhile, a method of harmonic organization that some considered more Cold War, appropriate, serialism, began to rise in status. For many composers and historians, the Cold War had effectively 'killed off' musical Americanism. In this work, the author offers a fuller, more nuanced picture of the effect of the Cold War on Americanist composers. 606 $aMusic$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCold War$xMusic and the war 606 $aMusic$zUnited States$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aMusic$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aCold War$xMusic and the war. 615 0$aMusic$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a781.5990973 700 $aAnsari$b Emily Abrams$01569286 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796760603321 996 $aThe sound of a superpower$93842052 997 $aUNINA