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“The Best Diplomats Are Often the Great Musicians”: Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Play Berlin

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  • Rosenberg Jonathan

    (Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA)

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In September 1960, Leonard Bernstein brought the New York Philharmonic to Berlin to play two concerts at the Berlin Festival, where they would also tape a program to be aired shortly thereafter on American television. Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, the trip, which occurred at the height of the Cold War, was of considerable political significance. Berlin was one of the most contested places on earth, and the western section of the city, a democratic island in a communist sea, had been a focal point of Cold War tensions since the late 1940s. Thus, the orchestra’s journey to Berlin must be seen as part of the fabric of Cold-War history.

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  • Rosenberg Jonathan, 2014. "“The Best Diplomats Are Often the Great Musicians”: Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Play Berlin," New Global Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 8(1), pages 1-22, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:nglost:v:8:y:2014:i:1:p:22:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/ngs-2014-0006
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