1st Edition
French and Soviet Musical Diplomacies in Post-War Austria, 1945-1955
By Alexander Golovlev
Copyright 2023
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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French and Soviet Musical Diplomacies in Post-War Austria , 1945-1955 investigates how promoting 'national' music and musicians was used as an important asset by France and the USSR in post-Nazi Austria, covering music’s role in international relations at various levels, within changing power frameworks. Bridging international relations, musical sociology, media studies, and Cold War history,... Read more
In introduction: Musicking unto nations
Chapter 1. Tu, felix Austria, audi: Allies, media, and audiences
Chapter 2. Soviet cultural propaganda and its agents in Moscow and Austria
Chapter 3. Information and cultural services in the French administration: Institutional diplomatie culturelle in occupied Austria
Chapter 4. The Russians are coming!: Soviet guest tours between Tchaikovsky and Stalin
Chapter 5. The Gallic muse coming to Austria: Cultural diplomats, musicians, and Austrian audiences
Conclusion. When muses speak, guns will be silent? What can be learned from French and Soviet musical diplomacy?
Biography
Alexander Golovlev is Senior Research Fellow at the HSE University.
