LEADER 00000cam 2200553Ka 4500 001 ocn843880846 003 OCoLC 005 20170728075022.7 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 130521s2013 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 019 843532273 020 9780199948048|q(electronic bk.) 020 0199948046|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)843880846|z(OCoLC)843532273 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dCDX|dSTF|dDEBBG|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ |dOCLCF|dEBLCP|dZ5A|dOCL|dOCLCQ|dUKOUP|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO 043 n-us--- 049 GTKE 050 4 ML3917.U6|bF38 2013eb 082 04 780.973/0904|223 100 1 Fauser, Annegret,|eauthor. 245 10 Sounds of war :|bmusic in the United States during World War II /|cAnnegret Fauser. 264 1 New York :|bOxford University Press,|c2013. 300 1 online resource (xv, 366 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-346) and index. 505 0 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. 520 8 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. 588 0 Print version record. 611 27 World War (1939-1945)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1900-1999|2fast 650 0 Music|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Music|xSocial aspects|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Music and state|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xMusic and the war. 650 7 MUSIC|xHistory & Criticism.|2bisacsh 650 7 Music and state.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01030489 650 7 Music and war.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01030492 650 7 Music|xPolitical aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01030414 650 7 Music|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01030444 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aFauser, Annegret.|tSounds of war.|dNew York : Oxford University Press, 2013|z9780199948031|w(DLC) 2012047880|w(OCoLC)819383019 914 ocn843880846 994 92|bGTK
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