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Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy (Volume 18) (California Studies in 20th-Century Music) Hardcover – Illustrated, May 1, 2015
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- Print length344 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication dateMay 1, 2015
- Dimensions6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100520284135
- ISBN-13978-0520284135
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"The author of this fascinating book, Danielle Fosler-Lussier, is one of the first musicologists to probe music’s role in cultural diplomacy, still a relatively new area of inquiry.... Readers will be regaled with a well-organized wealth of material that always makes a point." ― Transposition. Musique et sciences sociales
"Opens a number of intriguing avenues for future work... Students and scholars of music, of the Cold War, and of culture and politics will find that this book challenges them to think in new ways about their own research, and to consider the multi-dimensionality of the power that animates musical practice and consumption in the contemporary world." ― Notes Published On: 2017-12-01
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Professor Nicholas J. Cull, author of The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945 1989
Due to their profound differences, the interstices between governments and the arts are always worthy of attention. Danielle Fosler-Lussier has written a thorough, well-documented, and captivating account of how the U.S. State Department attempted, with some success, to bolster America s image by sending musicians abroad during the Cold War era. Although I had been one of these musicians, I was surprised at their number and variety, ranging from Dizzy Gillespie to Aaron Copland, from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to Tom Two Arrows, and from Merce Cunningham to Gene Kelly. It is fascinating to discover the inner workings of how artists were selected, how countries were chosen, and how the tours were presented, as well as to read about the subsequent debates regarding the value of the tours. This book offers us not only the opportunity to understand an intriguing aspect of our cultural and political history, but also a chance to reflect upon who we were and who we are. Stephen Addiss, author of The Art of Haiku
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― Professor Nicholas J. Cull, author of The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945–1989
“Due to their profound differences, the interstices between governments and the arts are always worthy of attention. Danielle Fosler-Lussier has written a thorough, well-documented, and captivating account of how the U.S. State Department attempted, with some success, to bolster America’s image by sending musicians abroad during the Cold War era. Although I had been one of these musicians, I was surprised at their number and variety, ranging from Dizzy Gillespie to Aaron Copland, from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to Tom Two Arrows, and from Merce Cunningham to Gene Kelly. It is fascinating to discover the inner workings of how artists were selected, how countries were chosen, and how the tours were presented, as well as to read about the subsequent debates regarding the value of the tours. This book offers us not only the opportunity to understand an intriguing aspect of our cultural and political history, but also a chance to reflect upon who we were and who we are.”―Stephen Addiss, author of The Art of Haiku
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Product details
- Publisher : University of California Press; First Edition (May 1, 2015)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 344 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0520284135
- ISBN-13 : 978-0520284135
- Item Weight : 1.38 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,002,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,081 in International Diplomacy (Books)
- #10,187 in Music History & Criticism (Books)
- #15,868 in Music Instruction & Study (Books)
About the author
Danielle Fosler-Lussier is Professor of Music at the Ohio State University. Her interests include global mobility and the politics of music, as well as how we teach and learn music history. Her general-interest book about music and mobility, entitled Music on the Move, is available as an open-access digital book as well as in hardback and paperback (published June 2020). Music in America’s Cold War Diplomacy (2015) is accompanied by an online database of U.S. cultural presentations from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Dr. Fosler-Lussier has served on the Boards of Directors of the American Musicological Society and the Society for American Music. Her research has been supported by the TOME Open Monograph Initiative and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and Princeton University.
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