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Lehmann, Lotte, 152
Leifels, Felix, 22, 24
Leinsdorf, Erich, 175, 214
Leipzig, 132
Gewandhaus, 131
Lenin, Vladimir, 198
Leningrad, xiii, 282, 330–32, 334, 347, 430n
Nazi siege of, 185–86, 188–90, 195
Leningrad Conservatory, 189
Leonhardt, Robert, 4
Leventritt Award, 337, 341
Levine, Lawrence, xxi
Lhévinne, Rosina, 336–37, 338, 341
liberty, 151, 199, 354
Life, 190, 201, 202, 304
“Music and Collaboration” article in, 216–17
Lincoln, Abraham, 277, 308–9, 317
Lind, Jenny, xvii–xviii
Linnard, D. M., 39
Liszt, Franz, 8, 122, 336, 375
Rákóczy March, 90
Literary Digest, 113–14
Litvinov, Madame, 198
Litvinov, Maxim, 193, 198
Lobel, Murray, 225
Locarno Pact of 1925, 157
Lomax, Alan, 174–75
London, 132, 206, 221, 222, 231, 272
London Philharmonic, 220
“Long, Long Trail,” 87
Lord’s Prayer, 288
“Lorelai, Die,” 100
Lortzing, Albert, Tsar und Zimmermann, 111–12
Los Angeles, Calif., 19, 39–40, 102, 103, 192, 215
Hollywood Bowl, 207, 317
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, 317
Los Angeles Philharmonic, 132, 194, 359
Los Angeles Times, 39–40, 88, 103, 194, 215, 228, 292
Louisiana, 336
Louisville, Ky., 92
Lovett, Robert Morss, 138
Lucerne, 168, 227
Lucerne Music Festival, 168–69
Ludwig of Bavaria, King, 123
Lusitania, 27, 29, 32, 41, 98, 101, 107, 111, 113
Lyon, 235
Maazel, Lorin, 378
MacArthur, Douglas, 198
Macdonald, Dwight, 290
Macintyre, John, 68–69
Madison, James, 354
Mahler, Gustav, 149, 191
Mailer, Norman, 278
Manhattan Opera House, 116
Mann, Thomas, 175, 182–83, 236
Manning, William T., 73–74
Marek, George, 180
Marines, US, 198
Marks, Mrs. J. Christopher, 105
Marsalka, John, 301
“Marseillaise,” 36
Marxism, 153, 287
Mason, Daniel Gregory, 150–51
Massachusetts, 344
Massachusetts Committee for Russian War Relief, 196
Matinee Musical Club, 120
Matzenauer, Margaret, 94
Maxwell, Elsa, 104
Maxwell, Myra, 31
Mayer, Oscar, 100
Mayerhoffer, Edward, 19
Maynard, Eunice, 105
McCann, Richard, 285
McCarran-Walter Immigration Act, 269
McCarthy, Joseph, 307–10, 312–17, 353
McCarthyism, 281, 308
McClellan, John, 312
Medvedev, Alexsandr, 347
Mehta, Zubin, 359
Mein Kampf (Hitler), 183
Mendelssohn, Felix, xx, 88, 149, 162, 224, 244
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 40, 161
Wedding March, 40
Mengelberg, Willem, 168
Menshikov, Mikhail , 340
Menuhin, Yehudi, 217, 218, 227–28, 231, 280
Meredith, Burgess, 203
Merola, Gaetano, 250–51
Mertens, André, 262, 267
Metropolitan Museum, 174
Metropolitan Opera, 4, 7, 10, 15, 18, 32, 40, 42–43, 75, 78, 91, 107, 123, 133, 282, 391n
Flagstad and, 244, 254–59
German operas removed from repertoire by, 29–30
Monteux and, 80, 86
protests over wartime performances of German operas at, 27-29
radio broadcasts of, 185
Wagner’s works performed at, 16, 17, 20, 113–14, 175, 180, 244, 413n, 414n
Mexico, 316
Michigan, University of, 268
Mikoyan, Anastas, 339
Milan, 135, 137–38, 165
Milhaud, Darius, 297
Miller, Arthur, 297
Miller, Mrs. H. W., 85
Milstein, Nathan, 171, 225, 228
Milwaukee, Wis., 6, 120, 247
Minneapolis, Minn., 214
Minneapolis Symphony, 37–38, 328
Mississippi River, xix
Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 214, 344
Moffett, Cleveland, 32
Monod, David, 215
Montana, 246
Monteux, Pierre, 80–81, 86, 94, 95, 171, 329
Moore, Grace, 208
Morgenthau, Henry, 200
Mormon Tabernacle, xviii
Morton, Lawrence, 243
Moscow, xi, xii, xiii, 274, 279, 280, 284, 294, 301, 304, 318, 320, 322, 330–32, 334–35, 337–39, 342, 429n
Sokolniki Park, 347
Moscow Conservatory, 338
Mount Holyoke College, 171
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, xix, 27, 28, 82, 88, 173, 216, 244, 263, 357
Haffner Symphony, 264
Muck, Karl, 11, 30, 44, 54, 59–80, 60, 82, 94, 98, 131
arrest and internment of, 45, 59, 75–77
campaign against, 62–65, 73-75
death of, 176–77
extramarital affair of, 79, 95–97
resignation from Boston Symphony of, 76
sabotage and espionage accusations against, 78, 85, 95, 407n
Swiss citizenship claim of, 77-78
Muck, Mrs. Karl, 94–97
Munch, Charles, 329
Mundt, Karl, 312
Munich, 145
music:
Communist perspective on, 295
as a constructive force, xxii–xxiii, 184, 214–15, 285, 320–21, 330, 335, 355, 358, 388n
and ethics of the future, 215
formalistic, 295, 306–7
gigantism in, xx
link between politics and, xxv, 379
twelve-tone, 302
unifying power of, 55, 285
as the universal language, xxiii, 88, 91, 214, 232, 273, 285, 326–27, 339, 375
see also classical music; popular music
Music Advisory Panel, 327–29, 356
Musical America, 7, 9, 16, 19, 25, 34, 37, 68, 69, 87, 107, 131, 168, 180, 181, 215, 271, 273, 326
Musical Courier, 18, 24, 30, 47, 74, 87, 93, 99, 109, 122, 124, 166, 207, 215, 326, 343
Musical Forecast, 180
musical nationalism, xxii–xxiv, 14, 21, 45, 86, 91–92, 129–30, 213, 321, 371
musical universalism, xxii, xxiv, 14, 20, 130, 213, 322, 348, 359
Mussolini, Benito, xxiv, 129–30, 134–36, 137–39, 148, 170, 200, 201, 204, 273, 418n
Mussorgsky, Modest, Pictures at an Exhibition, 335
Nabokov, Nicolas, 191, 296–97, 307
Nabokov, Vladimir, 296
Nagasaki, 211
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 207
Nation, 21, 29, 118, 191, 241, 243
National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 186, 190, 192, 205
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 281
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, 284
National Federation of Music Clubs, 369
nationalism, 85, 255, 367
American, 4, 201, 341
musical, xxii–xxiv, 14, 21, 45, 86, 91–92, 129–30, 213, 321, 371
Pan-German, 182
National Press Club, 352
National Symphony, 175–76
Navy, US, Pacific Fleet of, 170
Nazi Chamber of Culture, 151
Nazi Party, 130, 149, 216, 259–63, 266
Nazism, xxiv, 130, 143, 147, 148, 152, 157, 161, 165, 167, 172, 176, 178, 180, 183, 212–13, 230, 234–36, 241–43, 256,
259, 267, 270, 274, 310
Wagner link to, 182–84
see also Germany, Nazi
NBC Symphony Orchestra, xiii, 185, 187, 189–90, 195, 199, 202, 203, 208–9
NBC Transmitter, 205
Nettl, Paul, 216
Neuer, Berthold, 139–40
Newark, N.J., Mosque Theater, 301
New Deal, 286
Newhall, Richard, 252–53
New Haven, Conn., 88, 301
New Jersey, 6, 216
New Masses, 153
New Orleans, La., xvi, xviii
New Orleans Philharmonic, 328
New Republic, 191
“Wicked Music” article in, 309–10
New School, 147, 149, 285
Newsweek, 195, 216, 280, 304
New York, N.Y., xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, 4, 7, 20–28, 43, 59, 67, 118–20, 171, 221, 300–303, 336
Aeolian Hall, 8, 117
Bryant Park, 291
Carnegie Hall, xii, 2, 06–07, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 23, 26, 42, 71, 73, 265–66, 268–69, 272, 289, 292–93, 302, 340
City Hall, 109, 119, 341
Community Church, 242
Empire State Building, 303
ethnic German population of, 392n
Hippodrome, 121
Hotel Astor, 105
Irving Place Theater, 107
Lewisohn Stadium, 208
Lexington Theater, 104–5, 107, 110–12, 116
Madison Square Garden, 87, 202, 203, 300
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, 273
Soviet consulate, 292
Trinity Church, 73
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 278, 279, 283–84, 286–90, 292–93, 298, 301, 304, 306–7, 315, 318
New York Chronicle, 17, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 72, 394n
New York Daily Mirror, 241
New York Daily News, 353
New York Globe, 17
New York Herald, 20, 30, 73, 75
New York Herald Tribune, 144, 191, 219, 228, 242, 262, 280, 283, 306, 340, 343, 370
New-York Historical Society, 174
New York Philharmonic, xix, 8, 21–23, 27, 28, 117, 119, 134, 144, 151, 174, 195, 202, 217, 302, 326, 328, 337, 341
Asian tour of, 378–79
Bernstein as conductor of, 320–21, 344–53, 360–70
Furtwängler offered conducting post by, 129, 145
music of living German composers banned by, 24–25, 26
opposition to Furtwängler appointment of, 147–49, 152–59
radio broadcasts by, 184–85
recordings by, 345
Soviet and Eastern European touring of, 320, 327, 329, 345–52, 357, 360–70
Stransky as conductor of, 7, 10, 23, 24–26, 67, 89, 116, 117, 394n
Toscanini as conductor of, 127, 128, 132, 133, 139, 160, 185, 199, 418n
TV documentary on Berlin concert by Bernstein and, 352–55, 362–70, 459n
Wagner performed by, 10, 23, 89, 116, 160, 181–82
New York Post, 21, 153, 200, 342
New York Public Library, 327
New York State Supreme Court, 112–13
New York Sun, 153, 155, 241, 249–50
New York Symphony, xx, 8, 16, 20, 26–27, 67, 90, 92, 116–18, 130
New York Telegram, 74–75
New York Times, 16, 17, 18, 19, 31, 91, 110–11, 114, 117, 133, 143–44, 148, 150–52, 225, 233, 236, 250, 261, 265, 270, 272, 273, 283, 304, 310, 330, 338
New York Times Magazine, 183, 205
New York Tribune, 25, 31–32, 59, 70, 119–20
New York University, 287, 306
New York World, 74
New York World-Telegram, 265, 272
New York World-Telegram and Sun, 191, 337
Nicholson, George, 112–13
Nixon, Richard M., 347, 374
Nobel Prize, 350
Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, 148, 167, 244
North Korea, 378–79
Norway, 245, 246, 248, 249, 251, 253, 257, 258
Norwegian Parliament, 246
nuclear arms race, 284
Nuremberg trials, 217
Ober, Margarete, 4, 5
Oberhoffer, Emil, 37–39
O’Donohue, Joseph, 228–29
Office of War Information, US, 206
Bureau of Motion Pictures of, 203
Ohio, 371–72
Oistrakh, David, 323
Oktoberfest, 363
Oldberg, Eric, 220–21
“Old Hundred,” 208
Omaha, Nebr., 85
Ormandy, Eugene, 173, 225, 333–35, 374–75
Oshkosh, Wis., 42
Ostbye, Mabel, 228
Ottoman Empire, 6
Outlook, 69
Ozawa, Seiji, 375
Pacific Ocean, 213, 253
pacifism, 21, 23, 33, 57
Palestine, 160–63
Ramot Hashavim settlement in, 161
Palestine Symphony Orchestra, 161
Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, 40
Paris, 80, 81, 218, 231
Orly airfield, 240
Paris Conservatory Orchestra, 90
Paris Opera, 82
Paris Orchestra, 88
Parma, 132–33
Partisan Review, 306–7
Pasadena, Calif., 39
Pasternak, Boris, 349–51, 354–55, 457n
patriotism, xxi, 11, 13, 16, 19, 24, 33, 35, 40, 49, 58, 65, 66, 68–69, 74, 84–86, 88, 99, 108, 180, 197, 198, 233, 308, 310–11
Peabody Conservatory of Music, 66
peace movement, 284
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Japanese attack on, 169, 170–72, 177, 197, 309
Pearson, Drew, 342
Peerce, Jan, 203
People’s Committee for the Freedom of Religion, 278, 293
Perkins, Francis, 191
Perlman, Mrs. Joseph, 223
Petrillo, James C., 262, 437n
Peyser, Herbert F., 151, 164, 181
Philadelphia, Pa., 87, 90, 92, 120, 264–65, 344, 353–54
Academy of Music, 247–48
Drama League, 88
Independence Hall, 353
Liberty Bell, 353
Philadelphia Bulletin, 353
Philadelphia Inquirer, 139, 144, 304
Philadelphia Orchestra, xx, 42, 57, 90, 119, 121, 173, 225, 328
Soviet tour of, 333–35, 355, 357
Philharmonia Orchestra of London, 269
Philharmonic Ladies Committee, 157
Philippines, 327
Piatigorsky, Gregor, 225
Piston, Walter, 330
Pittsburgh, Pa., 48–50, 56–59, 90, 92, 93, 120, 180
Pittsburgh Dispatch, 58
Pittsburgh Gazette, 58–59
Pittsburgh Orchestra Association, 57
Pittsburgh Post, 57–58
Plato, xxiii
Pleasants, Henry, 272
PM, 193
Polacco, Georgio, 99
Poland, 284, 286, 370
German invasion of, 169, 171
Polish National Alliance Council, 268
Pons, Lily, 225, 228
popular music, xvii
Poulenc, Francis, 191, 297
Prager, Robert, 5–6
Prague, 7, 229
Pravda, 445n
Prescott, Edith Talcott, 242
President’s Emergency Fund for International Affairs, 324
President’s Special International Program for Cultural Presentations, 328
Presley, Elvis, 343
Price, Walter W., 155–57
Princeton University, 6
Prokofiev, Sergei, 334
Classical Symphony, 198
Fifth Symphony, 280
Soviet crackdown on, 282, 295–96
War and Peace, 282
Protestantism, 91
Providence, R.I., 62, 64, 66–67, 177
Providence Evening Journal, 62, 407n
Providence Police Commission, 62
Puccini, Giacomo:
; Madame Butterfly, 177–78, 208
Tosca, 208
Pulitzer Prize, 183, 309
Pyongyang, 378
Queen Mary, 167
Rabaud, Henri, 82–83, 89, 93–94
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 168, 335, 340
Third Piano Concerto, 338
radio, 184–85, 188, 189, 192, 200, 204, 211, 282, 293–94, 300, 326, 327
exposure to classical music expanded by, xvi, 184
Radio Age, 200
Radio Corporation of America (RCA), 200
Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 335
Ravel, Maurice, 244, 297
Bolero, 191
Red Cross, 26, 199, 202
Red Scare, 284, 307, 318
Reiner, Fritz, 259, 344, 420n
Reinhardt, Max, 167
Republican Party, 309, 311, 323
Respighi, Ottorino, Pines of Rome, 374
Rhineland, German invasion of, 157
Rhode Island, 332
Rhode Island Council of Defense, 62
rhythm, xxiii
Richter, Sviatoslav, 338
Robeson, Paul, 171
Robinson, Edward G., 195
Rochester, N.Y., 197, 214
Rodzinski, Artur, 183, 194, 344
Rolland, Romain, 175
Rome, 227
Romulo, Carlos, 326–27
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 198, 309
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 170, 176, 187, 199, 201
death of, 206–7
Roosevelt, Theodore, 68
Rosh Hashanah, 368
Rossini, Gioachino, 360
William Tell Overture, 201
Rothwell, Walter Henry, 52
Roussel, Albert, 297
Roy, Klaus, 283
Royal Opera (Germany), 59
Rubinstein, Arthur, 171, 225–26, 228, 237, 240–41
“Rule Britannia,” 183
Rusk, Dean, 371
Russia, 6, 190
Czarist, 344
Russian army, 197, 198
Russian army choir, 211
Russian Revolution, 291
Russian War Relief, Incorporated, 188–89, 196, 198
Rutland, Vt., 318
Ryerson, Edward, 222, 226, 230–33
Sachs, Harvey, 145, 149, 201
Said, Edward, xxi
Saigon, 357
St. Louis, Mo., xx, 42, 120, 122
St. Louis Symphony, 42
St. Paul, Minn., 87
Saint-Saëns, Camille, 297
Samson and Delila, 86
Salisbury, Harrison, 283
Salt Lake City, Utah, xviii, 69
Salzburg, 118, 164–66, 259
Salzburg Festival, 163, 167–68
San Antonio Symphony, 328
San Francisco, Calif., xviii, 39, 40–42, 58, 102, 171, 250–54
War Memorial Opera House, 251, 252, 253
San Francisco Chronicle, 192, 251–52, 253
San Francisco Opera, 173, 250–51
San Francisco Symphony, 40–42
Sapiro, Milton, 251
Sargeant, Winthrop, 159
Saturday Review of Literature, 184, 288, 343
Schachat, Julia, 148
Schiller, Friedrich von, 49
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 287