Music and International History in the Twentieth Century [Paperback]

Bringing together scholars from the fields of musicology and international history, this book investigates the significance of music to foreign relations, and how it affected the interaction of nations since the late 19th century. For more than a century, both state and non-state actors have sought to employ sound and harmony to influence allies and enemies, resolve conflicts, and export their own culture around the world. This book asks how we can understand music as an instrument of power and influence, and how the cultural encounters fostered by music changes our ideas about international history.

What is interesting about this book? First, each chapter focuses on one genre of musicclassical music&Second, this book highlights the benefits of music in the study of international history& This kind of aesthetics is less studied because of its seemingly apolitical nature. This book shows that music is not the dessert, but the meat and the potatoes (Buzzanco [2000], quoted by Fosler-Lussier, 119). In short, it nourishes our understanding of international history. IR scholars, especially rationalists or structural realists of IR, should readMusic and International History in the Twentieth Century.? International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs

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Knowledgeably compiled and deftly edited,... Music and International History in the Twentieth Century is the seventh volume in the outstanding Berghahn Books Explorations in Culture and International History series&a seminal work of collective scholarship that should be a part of every professional and academic library 20th Century Music History reference collection and supplemental studies reading list.? Midwest Book Review

Jessica Gienow Hecht&has immersed herself in the study of classical music and examined its history in the modern international context. But the excellent contributions to this volume lc2