Settling Scores German Music, Denazification, and the Americans, 1945-1953
| Author/creator | Monod, David, 1960- Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press |
| Description | 320 p. ill 09.500 x 06.380 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation Classical music was central to German national identity in the early twentieth century. The preeminence of composers such as Bach and Beethoven and artists such as conductor Wilhelm Furtw¤ngler and pianist Walter Gieseking was cited by the Nazis as justification for German expansionism and as evidence of Aryan superiority. In the minds of many Americans, further German aggression could be prevented only if the population's faith in its moral and cultural superiority was shattered. In<i>Settling Scores</i>, David Monod examines the attempted "denazification" of the German music world by the Music Control Branch of the Information Control Division of Military Government.<p>The occupying American forces barred from the stage and concert hall all former Nazi Party members and even anyone deemed to display an "authoritarian personality." They also imported new European and American music. These actions, however, divided American officials and outraged German audiences and performers. Nonetheless, Monod argues, the long-term effects were greater than has been previously recognized, as German government officials regained local control and voluntarily limited their involvement in artistic life while promoting "new" (anti-Nazi) music.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004029685 |
| ISBN | 9780807829448 |
| ISBN | 0807829447 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780807829448 |
| Stock number | 00027332 |
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