Music and Ideology in Cold War Europe

by Mark Carroll

This book places the radicalization of art music in early post-war France in its broader socio-cultural and political context. It pursues two general and intersecting lines of inquiry. The first details the stances towards musical conservatism and innovation adopted by cultural strategists representing Western and Soviet ideological interests at the onset of the Cold War. The second, which draws upon the commentaries of Theodor Adorno and Jean-Paul...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521031133
• ISBN13: 9780521031134
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"