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The Oxford Handbook of Music Censorship (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Music Censorship (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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Throughout history and across the globe, governments have taken a
strong hand in censoring music. Whether in the interests of
"safeguarding" the moral and religious values of their citizens or
of promoting their own political goals, the character and severity
of actions taken to suppress and control music that has been
categorized as unacceptable, immoral, or as the Nazi's termed the
music of Jewish and modernist composers, "degenerate," ranges from
economic sanctions to forced immigration, imprisonment, and death.
Yet in almost all cases composers found methods to counter this
suppression and to let their voices be heard, even through the very
music they were often forced to compose for the oppressing parties.
In this first major collection of its kind, thirty contributors
tackle centuries of music censorship across the globe from the
medieval era to the modern day. Case studies address a number of
instances both well- and lesser-known, including the tumultuous
history of Wagner and Israel, rap music in the United States,
silencing of women composers, and music in post-revolutionary Iran.
Sections are organized by nature of censorship - religious, racial,
and sexual - and type of government enforcement - democratic,
totalitarian, and transitional. Focusing on individual composers
and artists as well as eras within single countries, this Handbook
champions the efficacy of music as an agent of collective power and
resilience.
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