Making New Music in Cold War Poland presents a social analysis of new music dissemination at the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, one of the most important venues for East-West cultural contact during the Cold War. In this incisive study, Lisa Jakelski examines the festival's institutional organization, negotiations among its various actors, and its reception in Poland, while also considering the festival's worldwide ramifications, particularly the ways that it contributed to the cross-border movement of ideas, objects, and people (including composers, performers, official festival guests, and tourists). This book explores social interactions within institutional frameworks and how these interactions shaped the practices, values, and concepts associated with new music.

About the Author
Lisa Jakelski is Associate Professor of Musicology at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester.

Reviews
"Lisa Jakelski's Making New Music in Cold War Poland is an important contribution to international and transnational history... Logically organized and lucidly written." H-Diplo



Book Information
ISBN 9780520292543
Author Lisa Jakelski
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 544g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm