- Summary
- This book looks at musical life in Paris between 1914 and 1918. It examines how Western art music became a central part of the home-front war effort, employed by both musicians and government as a powerful tool of propaganda. Drawing on a diverse range of archival material, the book explores how various facets of French musical life served, in very different ways, as propaganda. In short, it explores why music mattered during a period of prolonged conflict, whether as emotional catalyst, weapon, or tool.
- Series
- Music in society and culture
Music in society and culture.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Moore, Rachel, 1981 December 14- author.
- Published
- Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2018
©2018
- Locale
- France
Paris
- Contents
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Musical institutions on the home front
The origins of wartime musical propaganda : from the written word to performing globetrotters
Saint-Saëns's Germanophilie as a propaganda prototype
Propaganda on the concert stage : the Matinées nationales
Creativity and compromise at the Opéra
Music publishing and the Édition française de musique classique.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.
Musical institutions on the home front -- The origins of wartime musical propaganda : from the written word to performing globetrotters -- Saint-Saëns's Germanophilie as a propaganda prototype -- Propaganda on the concert stage : the Matinées nationales -- Creativity and compromise at the Opéra -- Music publishing and the Édition française de musique classique.
