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Music, Art and Diplomacy shows how a vibrant field of cultural exchange between East and West was taking place during the Cold War, which contrasts with the orthodox understanding of two divided and antithetical blocs. The series of case studies on cultural exchanges, focusing on the decades following the Second World War, cover episodes involving art, classical music, theatre, dance and film. Despite the fluctuating fortunes of diplomatic relations between East and West, there was a continuous circulation of cultural producers and products. Contributors explore the interaction of arts and politics, the role of the arts in diplomacy and the part the arts played in the development of the Cold War. Art has always shunned political borders, wavering between the guidance of individual and governmental patrons, and borderless expression. While this volume provides insight into how political players tried to harness the arts to serve their own political purposes, at the same time it is clear that the arts and artists exploited the Cold War framework to reach their own individual and professional objectives. Utilizing archives available only since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the volume provides a valuable socio-cultural approach to understanding the Cold War and cultural diplomacy.
Contents
Foreword, Susan E. Reid; Preface; Introduction to the logic of east-west artistic interactions, Simo Mikkonen and Pekka Suutari. Part I Indirect Contacts, Images, and Imagination: Mutually assured distinction: VOKS and artistic exchange in the early Cold War, Oliver Johnson; Friendship of the musicians: Anglo-Soviet musical exchanges 1938-1948, Pauline Fairclough and Louise Wiggins; Gazing at the Baltic: tourist discourse in the cinema of the Baltic Sea countries, Eva Näripea, Ewa Mazierska and Lars Kristensen. Part II Highly Publicised and Successful Examples of Exchange of Music and Musicians: The real ambassadors? The Cleveland Orchestra tours the Soviet Union, 1965, Clayton Koppes; Pianist Sviatoslav Richter: Soviet Union launches a 'cultural Sputnik' to the United States in 1960, Meri Elisabet Herrala; Student interactions, race, and the media: the Oberlin College Choir 1964 tour of the USSR and Romania, Tim Scholl. Part III Reception and Transfers in the Area of Theatre and Dance: Breaching the Iron Curtains: Russian 'theatre tourists' to Eastern Europe 1965-1981, Susan Costanzo; Ballet as a tool for cultural diplomacy in the Cold War: Soviet ballets in Paris and London, 1954-1968, Stéphanie Gonçalves; Conclusion, Simo Mikkonen and Pekka Suutari. Bibliography; Index.
