The sound of a superpower
Subtitle: musical Americanism and the Cold War
By: Emily Abrams Ansari
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780190649692
Subjects: Music and the war; Music; History and criticism; Cold War; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The American exceptionalists: Howard Hanson and William Schuman; title: The "apolitical" opportunist: Virgil Thomson; title: The disillusioned nationalist: Roy Harris; title: The principled brand strategist: Aaron Copland; title: The frustrated activist: Leonard Bernstein.