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Settling Scores - German Music, Denazification, and the Americans, 1945-1953 (Hardcover, New edition)
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Settling Scores - German Music, Denazification, and the Americans, 1945-1953 (Hardcover, New edition)
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Classical music was central to German national identity in the
early twentieth century. The preeminence of composers such as Bach
and Beethoven and artists such as conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler and
pianist Walter Gieseking was cited by the Nazis as justification
for German expansionism and as evidence of Aryan superiority. In
the minds of many Americans, further German aggression could be
prevented only if the population's faith in its moral and cultural
superiority was shattered. In Settling Scores, David Monod examines
the attempted ""denazification"" of the German music world by the
Music Control Branch of the Information Control Division of
Military Government. The occupying American forces barred from the
stage and concert hall all former Nazi Party members and even
anyone deemed to display an ""authoritarian personality."" They
also imported European and American music. These actions, however,
divided American officials and outraged German audiences and
performers. Nonetheless, the long-term effects were greater than
has been previously recognized, as German government officials
regained local control and voluntarily limited their involvement in
artistic life while promoting ""new"" (anti-Nazi) music.
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