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Author Fauser, Annegret, author.

Title Sounds of war : music in the United States during World War II / Annegret Fauser.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 366 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-346) and index.
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Summary Whether as an instrument of propaganda or as a form of entertainment, classical music had a cultural relevance and a ubiquity in the war effort that are hard to imagine today. Exploring an abundance of sources ranging from government archives to the correspondence of musicians, this book traces how musicians in the United States responded and contributed to the war, following individual performers and composers as they faced military duty or sought alternative ways in which they could serve.
Contents 1. "We, as musicians, are soldiers, too ... ". Musicians in uniform ; Performing for victory ; Composition in the war effort ; Cultural mediators and educators -- 2. "Shaping music for total war". Music in the service of propaganda: the Office of War Information ; Crossing borders: music, diplomacy, and the State Department ; The singing army: uplift and education for a nation ; Music therapy and the "reconditioning" of soldiers -- 3. "I hear America singing ... ". Sounds of a usable past ; Salutes to American folk song ; Voicing opera in America -- 4. "The great invasion". Living in exile ; French connections, Czech identities ; Refugees from axis nations -- 5. "Hail muse Americana!". Commemoration and patriotic celebration ; Celebrating the American way ; New world symphonies.
Subject World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Music and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war.
MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
Music and state. (OCoLC)fst01030489
Music and war. (OCoLC)fst01030492
Music -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01030414
Music -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01030444
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Fauser, Annegret. Sounds of war. New York : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780199948031 (DLC) 2012047880 (OCoLC)819383019
ISBN 9780199948048 (electronic bk.)
0199948046 (electronic bk.)
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