Crosscurrents
American and European Music in Interaction, 1900–2000
edited by Felix Meyer, Carol J. Oja, Wolfgang Rathert, and Anne C. Shreffler
Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2014
language: English
other editions: none
34 essays and 2 interviews
Throughout the 20th century, exchanges between North America and Europe were vital to the development of musical life on both sides of the Atlantic.
American musicians studied in Europe; European musicians visited the U. S. or were driven into exile there; orchestras and soloists crisscrossed the ocean to give concert tours; music festivals attracted an international clientele; and printed music, recordings, journalism, radio, and eventually the internet flowed freely within a transatlantic circuit.
This volume, resulting from an international conference held at Harvard University and the University of Munich, explores these and other musical interactions between the two continents, showing how a postcolonial imbalance of cultural power at the opening of the century has given way to an increasing sense of encounters between equals.
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527 pages – hardcover – 26 x 19 cm
ISBN 978 1 84383 900 2
GBP 40