Jane F Fulcher: 2 books
The Composer As Intellectual
Music and Ideology in France, 1914-1940
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2005
In The Composer as Intellectual, musicologist Jane Fulcher reveals the extent to which leading French composers between the World Wars were not only aware of but also engaged intellectually and creatively with the central political and ideological issues of the period. Employing recent sociological...
Renegotiating French Identity
Musical Culture and Creativity in France during Vichy and the German Occupation
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
In Renegotiating French Identity, Jane Fulcher addresses the question of cultural resistance to the German occupation and Vichy regime during the Second World War. Nazi Germany famously stressed music as a marker of national identity and cultural achievement, but so too did Vichy. From the opera to...