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How and why do listeners come over time to 'feel the nation' through particular musical works? This book develops a comparative analysis of the relationship bet

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 A provocative interpretation of why classical music in America "stayed white"—how it got to be that way and what

A Juilliard-trained musician and professor of history explores the fascinating entanglement of classical music with American foreign relations. Dangerous Melodi

For this biography the author has used many primary documents; Shostakovich's many letters, concert programmes, newspaper articles and diaries of his contempora

A provocative account of the development of modern national culture in India using classical music as a case study. Janaki Bakhle demonstrates how the emergence