Description
Book SynopsisFrench 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, four incisive chapters examine the crossroads of Soviet, French, and Austrian cultural politics and discourse-building, presented in two parts - institutions of musical diplomacy: Soviet and French cultural diplomats in comparison; sounds of music coming to Austria: Soviet and French musicians on tour. Using a communication- and media-oriented approach, this study casts new light, firstly, on the interpretative power of ''receiving'' publics and, secondly, on the role of cultural transmitters at different levels. This is a valuable study for those specialising in Russian and
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section 1. Institutions of Musical Diplomacy. Soviet and French Cultural Diplomats in Comparison
Chapter 1. Soviet Cultural Propaganda an Its Exponents in Moscow and Austria
Chapter 2. French Diplomatie Culturelle Across Austria: Paris-Vienna-Innsbruck and Beyond
Section Two: Sounds of Music Coming to Austria: Soviet and French Musicians On Tour
Chapter 3. The Russians Are Coming! Between Tchaikovsky and Stalin
Chapter 4. The Gallic Muse Coming to Austria
Conclusion: A Zero-Sum Game, a Language of Universal Harmony, or a Multi-Polar Relation?
