Composing the Party Line Sherry J. Katz In this pursuit

In this pursuit

" which began: "Resting on secure foundations with the assurance of enduring for untold ages" - this is what the German people believed of their empire

Pound's writing suffered the consequences of the turbulent history of his century

Although current theories will probably be superseded by better

Charleston says--all of creation

Composing the Party Line Sherry J. Katz In this pursuitThis book examines the exercise of power in the Stalinist music world as well as the ways in which composers and ordinary people responded to it. It presents a comparative inquiry into the relationship between music and politics in the German Democratic Republic and Poland from the aftermath of World War II through Stalin's death in 1953, concluding with the slow process of de Stalinisation in the mid to late 1950s. The author explores how the