Cultural Propaganda and Anglo-Soviet Music Exchanges 1941-1948

DOI

10.2991/icassee-19.2019.36How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Anglo-Soviet music exchanges; Second World War; governmental organisations (VOKS; British Embassy etc.)

Abstract

During the Second World War, cultural propaganda played an important role in strengthening military ties between the Allies. In particular, music, which was perceived as a common language, was used to promote understanding between the nations and to increase morale. This article gives some examples of Anglo-Soviet wartime cultural music exchanges as part of an intercultural wartime dialogue. In particular, the article discusses governmental and diplomatic organisations (VOKS, the British Embassy, the British Council) that coordinated music exchanges during the Second World War. The article’s main focus is Anglo-Soviet music score exchanges. In addition, the article discusses some Anglo-Soviet wartime concerts and gives an example of a non-governmental business initiative between the USSR and the UK (Anglo-Soviet Music Press Ltd.) which outlived the Second World War.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Viktoria Zora
PY  - 2019/11
DA  - 2019/11
TI  - Cultural Propaganda and Anglo-Soviet Music Exchanges 1941-1948
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Art Studies: Science, Experience, Education (ICASSEE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 183
EP  - 189
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icassee-19.2019.36
DO  - 10.2991/icassee-19.2019.36
ID  - Zora2019/11
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