Music divided : Bartók's legacy in cold war culture / Danielle Fosler-Lussier.

Author/creator Fosler-Lussier, Danielle, 1969-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxx, 229 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCalifornia studies in 20th-century music ; 7
California studies in 20th-century music ; 7. ^A473908
Contents Bartók's concerto for orchestra and the demise of Hungary's "Third road" -- A compromised composer: Bartok's music and Western Europe's fresh start -- "Bartok is ours": the voice of America and Hungarian control over Bartok's legacy -- Bartok and his publics: defining the "Modern classic" -- Beyond the folk song; or, what was Hungarian socialist realist music? -- The "Bartok question" and the politics of dissent: the case of Andras Mihaly -- Epilogue East: Bartok's difficult truths and the Hungarian revolution of 1956 -- Epilogue West: Bartok's legacy and George Rochberg's postmodernity -- Appendix 1. Compositions by Bartok broadcast on Hungarian radio, 18 September to 1 October 1950.
Abstract This book explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. In this groundbreaking study, the author illuminates the pervasive political anxieties of the day through particular attention to artistic, music-theoretical, and propagandistic responses to the music of Hungary's most renowned twentieth-century composer, Bela Bartok. She shows how a tense period of political transition plagued Bartok's music and imperiled those who took a stand on its aesthetic value in the emerging socialist state. Her fascinating investigation of Bartok's reception outside of Hungary demonstrates that Western composers, too, formulated their ideas about musical style under the influence of ever-escalating cold war tensions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index.
LCCN 2006029087
ISBN9780520249653 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520249658 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML410.B26 F67 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold