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Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts
Contributor(s): Horowitz, Joseph (Author)

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 ISBN: 0060748508     ISBN-13: 9780060748500
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2009
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Annotation: Decades of war and revolution in Europe forced an "intellectual migration" during the last century, relocating thousands of artists and thinkers to the United States. For many of Europe's premier performing artists, America proved to be a destination both strange and opportune.

Featuring the stories of George Balanchine, Kurt Weill, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and many others, "Artists in Exile" explores the impact that these famous newcomers had on American culture, and that America had on them.
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts
- History | United States - 20th Century
- History | World - General
Dewey: 791.086
LCCN: 2007025690
Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.28" W x 8.02" L (0.78 lbs) 480 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Decades of war and revolution in Europe forced an intellectual migration during the last century, relocating thousands of artists and thinkers to the United States. For many of Europe's premier performing artists, America proved to be a destination both strange and opportune.

Featuring the stories of George Balanchine, Kurt Weill, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and many others, Artists in Exile explores the impact that these famous newcomers had on American culture, and that America had on them.

Contributor Bio(s): Horowitz, Joseph: -

Joseph Horowitz is the author of seven previous books, including Understanding Toscanini (named one of the best books of the year by the New York Book Critics Circle and Publishers Weekly) and Classical Music in America (named one of the best books of the year by the Economist). A former New York Times music critic and executive director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, he is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two NEH Fellowships, among other honors. He lives in New York City.
 
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