Settling scores : German music, denazification, and the Americans, 1945-1953 / David Monod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monod, David, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Germany--20th century--American influences.

Music.

Denazification--Germany.

Denazification.

Germany--History--1945-1955.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 superiority was shattered. In Settling Scores, David Monod examines the attempted ""denazification"" of the German music world by the

Contents:

Preparing for music control

Facing the music : denazification and revolution, 1945

Reforming music culture, 1945-1946

Learning to keep quiet : Wilhelm Furtwängler and the end of denazification

From major to minor : the retreat from reform, 1947-1950

Paying guests : American artists in Cold War Germany, 1948-1953

Conclusion : a new day in Beulah.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-315) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9798890879301

9780807876442

0807876445

OCLC:

476237143