{"product_id":"the-war-on-music-9780300233704","title":"The War on Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A fascinating journey into global politics that made classical music a proxy for power, inadvertently creating the “sound of Hollywood,” and excluding hundreds of composers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The great virtue of John Mauceri’s \u003ci\u003eThe War on Music\u003c\/i\u003e is that it acknowledges what many writers on the subject know but can’t say: that something went badly wrong in music in the 20th century, and especially after 1945. . . . Fluently written and often cogent.”—Barton Swaim, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Two world wars changed the course of music in the 20th century. Charting the malign influence of politics, from Hitler to Stalin, Mauceri shows how music became part of the weaponry of identity. Refugee composers lost their place in the mainstream and Mauceri argues for a re-evaluation of those forgotten and discarded.”—Richard Fairman, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, “Best summer books of 2022: Classical music”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Conductor John Mauceri has released a study of the forgetting of so much classical music, especially music composed in America by refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe. A leitmotif of his work is how often not only music students but professors or professional musicians don’t even know the names (let alone the scores) of the composers who had been household names in Central Europe.”—Mark Almond, \u003ci\u003eThe Critic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an illuminating, provocative and entertaining read, from an author with impeccable credentials.”—Mike Tilling, \u003ci\u003eYorkshire Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A well-founded, cogent, and forceful argument for a fresh look at all of the century’s great music, much of it written under extraordinary circumstances, and why we need to go back and listen.”—Jon Burlingame, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Music of James Bond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A profound thinker and observer and an eminent American musician, John Mauceri brilliantly explores the contested terrain of twentieth-century classical music and adds a whole new dimension to our understanding of musical politics and musical repertory.”— Larry Wolff, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Singing Turk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eEn garde\u003c\/i\u003e! In his provocative new book\u003ci\u003e The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e—one that is certain to initiate heated and impassioned discussion—the prodigiously talented and multifaceted conductor and writer John Mauceri throws down a musical gauntlet as he endeavors to upend and re-examine some of the reigning assumptions of the history of post-war twentieth-century classical music. No matter how one responds to the thrust of John Mauceri’s sweeping musical worldview, one must salute him for his fervent, dauntless, and audacious engagement.”—Jonathan Cott, author of \u003ci\u003eDinner With Lenny: The Last Long Interview With Leonard Bernstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mauceri’s brilliant \u003ci\u003eThe War on Music\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the question, ‘Why do we not play the music Hitler banned?’ and then pulls back the curtain to answer it, in chilling detail.”— Robert Thompson, president, G. Schirmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401549324631,"sku":"9780300233704","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300233704.jpg?v=1730477768","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-war-on-music-9780300233704","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}