Searching for Songs of the People: The Ideology of the Composers' Collective and Its Musical Implications
Description:
The Composers' Collective, founded by leftist composers in 1932 New York City, sought to create proletarian music that avoided the "bourgeois" traditions of the past and functioned as a vehicle to engage Americans in political dialogue. The Collective aimed to understand how the modern composer became isolated from his public, and discussions on the relationship between music and society pervade the radical writings of Marc Blitzstein, Charles Seeger, and Elie Siegmeister, three of the organiza…
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Date:
May 2018
Creator:
Chaplin-Kyzer, Abigail
Partner:
UNT Libraries