An opinionated, stimulating account of how classical music failed to establish fruitful roots in America, Classical Music in America chronicles a cultural attitude that has produced many fine artists and striking moments but no institutional or intellectual support to sustain them (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). An admirable, scholarly volume (Times Literary Supplement), this formidable book ... shows how American classical music became a performance culture, an ersatz-European showplace for celebrity virtuosos, rather than a native-born genre (The New Yorker). As a comprehensive,...
An opinionated, stimulating account of how classical music failed to establish fruitful roots in America, Classical Music in America chronicles a cult...
Decades of war and revolution in Europe forced an "intellectual migration" during the last century, relocating thousands of artists and thinkers to the United States. For many of Europe's premier performing artists, America proved to be a destination both strange and opportune.
Featuring the stories of George Balanchine, Kurt Weill, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and many others, Artists in Exile explores the impact that these famous newcomers had on American culture, and that America had on them.
Decades of war and revolution in Europe forced an "intellectual migration" during the last century, relocating thousands of artists and thinkers to...
