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Presents 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.

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"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 Contents
List 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

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 18 October 2016
      ISBN-13 9780520292543
      978-0520292543
      ISBN-10 0520292545
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      Music Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents 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 Contents
      List 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

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