{"product_id":"circle-of-winners-9780252045097","title":"Circle of Winners","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential high culture institution, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has both supported and molded American musical culture. Denise Von Glahn examines the Foundation and its immense influence from the organization’s prehistory and origins through the onset of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Funded by the Guggenheim mining fortune, the Foundation took early shape from the efforts of Carroll Wilson, Frank Aydelotte, and Henry Allen Moe--three Rhodes Scholars who initially struggled to envision and implement the organization’s ambitious goals. Von Glahn also examines the career of the longtime musical advisor Thomas Whitney Surette while profiling early awardees Aaron Copland, Ruth Crawford Seeger, William Grant Still, Roger Sessions, George Antheil, and Carlos Chàvez. She examines the processes behind their selection, their values and aesthetics, and their relationships with the insiders and others who championed their work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Denise Von Glahn’s intricately researched new book deftly explains and exposes the inner workings of a culturally influential old boy’s network--one we think we know, but of which we actually still know too little--and reveals the potential advantages and disadvantages that this set of circumstances brought about. \u003ci\u003eCircle of Winners\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely historical narrative within our current moment of cultural reckoning.”--Amy C. Beal, author of \u003ci\u003eJohanna Beyer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cp\u003e Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Family \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Foundation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Advisors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Network \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The College \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Winners \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e Conclusions \u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400458412375,"sku":"9780252045097","price":87.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252045097.jpg?v=1730470730","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/circle-of-winners-9780252045097","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}