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Alan Bush, Modern Music, and the Cold War

The Cultural Left in Britain and the Communist Bloc

By: Joanna Bullivant

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Alan Bush, Modern Music, and the Cold War

The Cultural Left in Britain and the Communist Bloc

By: Joanna Bullivant

The first major study of Alan Bush, this book provides new perspectives on twentieth-century music and communism. British communist, composer of politicised works, and friend of Soviet musicians, Bush proved to be 'a lightning rod' in the national musical culture. His radical vision for British music prompted serious reflections on aesthetics and the rights of artists to private political opinions, as well as influencing the development of state-sponsored music making in East Germany. Rejecting previous characterisations of Bush as political and musical Other, Joanna Bullivant traces his aesthetic project from its origins in the 1920s to its collapse in the 1970s, incorporating discussion of modernism, political song, music theory, opera, and Bush's response to the Soviet music crisis of 1948. Drawing on a wealth of archival sources, including recently released documents from MI5, this book constructs new perspectives on the 'cultural Cold War' through the lens of the individual artist.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108210163

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9781108210164

Social Policy and Its Administration

A Survey of the Australian Literature 1950-1975

By: Joanna Monie,Adrienne Wise

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Social Policy and Its Administration

A Survey of the Australian Literature 1950-1975

By: Joanna Monie,Adrienne Wise

Social Policy and Its Administration contains an index of literature that defines the output created by social scientists for the welfare of human beings. This literary survey originates out of the need to present a comprehensive bibliographic work. The book covers areas that encompass the concept social policy. Topics such as the standards in social welfare services are also the focus of the book. The book traces the beginning of social science and the major proponents of the subject. The improvements made on the field are also enumerated and the countries that contributed to the progress of society are named in the book. Social revolutions such as the liberation of women and the abolishment of servitude as well as the transition from colonial status to political independence are discussed in the book. The text will be a useful tool for sociologists, historians, students, and researchers in the field of political science.

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