Artists In Exile: How Refugees From Twentieth-century War And Revolution Transformed The American Performing Arts
by Joseph Horowitz /
2008 / English / PDF
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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.
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,
Featuring the stories of George Balanchine, Kurt Weill, Fritz
Lang, Billy Wilder, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and many
others,Artists in Exile
Artists in Exile explores the impact that these
famous newcomers had on American culture, and that America had on
them.
explores the impact that these
famous newcomers had on American culture, and that America had on
them.