Description
Book SynopsisPresents a social analysis of new music dissemination at the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, one of the most important venues for East-West cultural contact during the Cold War. The author examines the festival's institutional organization, negotiations among its various actors, and its reception in Poland.
Trade Review"Lisa Jakelski's Making New Music in Cold War Poland is an important contribution to international and transnational history... Logically organized and lucidly written." H-Diplo
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Sounds of Revolution?
2. Building an Empty Frame
3. A Raucous Education
4. From Warsaw to the World
5. Mobilizing Performers, Scores, and Avant-Gardes
6. The Limits of Exchange
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Concert Program of the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, 10–21 October 1956
Appendix 2: Biographical Notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
