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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe newly published Indiana University Press book, Music in World War II: Coping with Wartime in Europe and the United States, has enlarged my understanding of how music became a tool of war for allies and adversaries alike, as opponents became allies and allies became opponents in a shifting landscape of diplomacy. Music as propaganda wasn't on my radar as a child. . . . The editors designed a book to show a broad base of music's power to shape citizens and soldiers in wartime. They chose essayists whose imperative brings us into the moments of real people in a world of divisiveness. In my childhood household I was instructed, "We are fighting for ideals, for 'liberty and justice for all.' When the war is over and we are winners we have work to do to make America a safe place for everyone. Always make something better for everyone." A powerful charge for a little kid.
-- Rita Kohn * Nuvo *
Music in World War II is a book that is really worth reading not only because it is a true page-turner and the stories are unique and fascinating, but also because it truly adds to our knowledge of World War II events from a perspective that is even wider than just music.
-- Alexandros Charkiolakis - The Friends of Music Society * Music Reference Services Quarterly *
Table of ContentsDedication
Preface / Roberta Montemorra Marvin
Introduction: Music and Global War in the Short Twentieth Century / Pamela M. Potter
Part I: On the Airwaves and the Screen
1. Sandy Calling: Forging an Intimate Wartime Public at the BBC Theater Organ / Christina L. Baade
2. "Alien" Classical Musicians and the BBC, 1939 – 1945 / Tony Stoller
3. Musical "Diplomacy" in American and Soviet World War II Films of the 1940s / Peter Kupfer
Part II: Opera, Theater Stage, and Concerts
4. The Metropolitan Opera House and the "War of Ideologies": The Politics of Opera Publicity in Wartime / Christopher Lynch
5. Broadway Goes to War / Tim Carter
6. Throwing Some Light on the Dunkelkonzerte: Towards a New Image of Concert Life in Vienna, 1939-1944 / Nicholas Attfield
7. Before the End of Time: General Huntziger's Centre Musical et Théâtral / Christopher Brent Murray
Part III: National Imaginaries
8. Swing in the Protectorate: Czech Popular Music under the Nazi Occupation, 1938-1945 / Brian S. Locke
9. A Musical Reedeucation: Music-making in America's German POW Camps and the Intellectual Diversion Program / Kelsey Kramer McGinnis
10. Bunkers, Cellars, and Acoustic Memory: Sonic Experiences of War and Surrender in Nazi Germany / Abby Anderton
Afterword: Trans/national Soundscapes in World War II / Annegret Fauser
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