Music as Propaganda : Art to Persuade, Art to Control (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)

Music as Propaganda : Art to Persuade, Art to Control (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)

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“Propaganda is treated here as any philosophical ethos that inheres in music, whether because of a zeitgeist or by purposeful attempt to influence society by musical manipulation. The author traces social and political attitudes in Western music from Wagner and nationalism to Soviet composers, even to the Viennese operetta and its descendant, the Broadway musical....”–Choice

Music as Propaganda : Art to Persuade, Art to Control (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance),Arnold Arnold B. Perris is Professor of Music Emeritus, University of Missouri St. Louis. He holds degrees in political science and musicology. His music articles have appeared in Ethnomusicology, Imago Musicae, and other journals. Perris,Greenwood Press,0313245053,Control (Psychology),General,Instruction & Study - Appreciation,Music,Music (Specific Aspects),Music in propaganda,Persuasion (Psychology),Propaganda,Psychological aspects,Psychology Of Music,Music / General

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