2015/01/01 by Walter B. Bailey · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #Musicology and Musical Analysis #Music History and Culture #Musicians’ Health and Performance #German #Musical #The arts #Newspaper #Popular music #History #World War II #Traditional music #Music #Music history #Aesthetics #Visual arts #Literature #Art #Sociology #Music education #Media studies
paper · doi:10.1525/jm.2015.32.2.279
openalex publication_date 2015/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
The rich array of publications covering music in New York City during the second two decades of the twentieth century provides a compelling account of the reception of ultra-modern music. Newspapers, arts periodicals, and, especially, monthly and weekly music magazines offer tantalizing insight into how music lovers perceived new and challenging music. Before the Great War connections to German musical traditions were strong, and ultra-modern music was mostly imported. During the war ties to Germany were largely severed and ultra-modern music was silenced. After 1918 a more egalitarian and international attitude emerged. The reception of Schoenberg’s music in New York City between 1910 and 1923 illustrates the evolution of this new attitude.