Sounds of War: Music in the United States During World War II - Hardcover

Fauser, Annegret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199948038 ISBN 13: 9780199948031

Publisher: OUP US, 2013

Synopsis

Sounds of War While music and musical life in Nazi Germany, Vichy France, Fascist Italy, and Stalinist Russia have been widely explored, concert music in the United States during World War II has remained markedly untouched. Music in this period - whether as an instrument of propaganda or as a means of entertainment, recuperation, and uplift - pervaded homes and concert halls, army camps and government building... Full description

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Review:

Annegret Fauser has devoted the recent phases of her distinguished career to exploring how circumstances of cultural contact affect the making of music ... Sounds of War: Music in the United States during World War II, extends this broadly contextual approach into the American orbit. It is a major contribution to the field. (Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Music & Letters)

Sounds of War is a formidable book. It presents itself already as a benchmark not only for research about music during World War II but also for work on all music during all wars ā Fauserās book presents a point of reference as much for questions of methodology as for its empirical contributions, and not only for the history of the United States. (Esteban Buch, Transposition: Musique et Sciences Sociales)

Fauser's book is eminently readable and grounded in an astounding amount of archival research. It is recommended to cultural historians and musicians alike. (Joy H. Calico, Journal of Cold War Studies)

effort. (David Luhrssen, Milwaukee Express)

Through author Annegret Fauser's in-depth, engaging, and encompassing discussion in context of this unique period in American history, Sounds of War brings to life the people and institutions that created, performed, and listened to this music. (Barry Forshaw, Classical CD Choice)

Clear and well-researched, [this book draws] on a great many archival sources... Recommended. (D. A. Wells, Choice)

the portrait she [the author] assembles is impressive. (Stephen Brown, The Times Literary Supplement)

Fascinating ... Fauser looks beyond the commonplace memories of swing and Sinatra, touching on the mainstream embrace of classical music by way of addressing her main theme: the employment of 'serious' composers and musicians in the war effort. (David Luhrssen, Milwaukee Express)

About the Author:

Annegret Fauser is Professor of Music and Adjunct Professor of Women's Studies at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. She is author of Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair (University of Rochester Press, 2005), and co-editor of Music, Theater and Cultural Transfer: Paris 1813-1914 (University of Chicago Press, 2009)

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP US
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199948038
• ISBN 13: 9780199948031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 386