Settling Scores: German Music, Denazification, and the Americans, 1945-1953

by David Monod

Book Overview

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 Furtwangler 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146963404X
• ISBN13: 9781469634043
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"