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German Funding of the American Avant Garde with Amy C. Beal
🕑 Added 2020-08-19 21:38:49 +0000 UTCSorry this one came late! We are working hard to meet the weekly schedule and this week was a bit of a slog!
This week we are thrilled to bring a conversation with Amy C. Beal from UC Santa Cruz, whose book "New Music New Allies: Experimental Music in West Germany from the Zero Hour to Reunification" not only gives us insight into the role that German state funding has played in American experimental art since the Second World War, but also offers clues as to the unique responsibilities and complications inherent to that continued funding to the present day.
We get to discuss how the US State Department funded Jazz concerts throughout Europe, the CIA involvement in cold war soft power art games, and she shares some novel insights as to the level of internal discrimination posed towards female Avant Garde composers of the time.
Amy is a deeply researched guest, and we hope that the contemporary implications of this conversation are clear to see.
Have a great week!
Links:
New Music New Allies: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Amy-C-Beal/dp/0520247558
Comments
Mat
I agree! Or at least a digital copy for sale!
This book needs a reprint, surely!
Mat
thanks! Yes we had to add the disclaimer at the beginning of this one that there would be background noises - it was recorded in the middle of a heatwave and the computer wouldn't run without having windows open! Heatwave has passed now..
Cha Blasco
Here comes some constructive feedback: it hears lot of background sounds along the episode, personally was a bit distracting and made a bit difficult to keep the focus. Otherwise awesome content, as usual. Thanks! ☺️🙏🏼
