MUSY 306 - Music and Propaganda

FC CNDP DDHU

4 credits
Music can convey a wealth of meanings-through the context of its creation, text, setting and performers, or our associations with similar musical sounds. Because of this, music has proven a powerful but imprecise tool for propaganda. This course will explore the diverse genres of music the United States used for propaganda during the Cold War, a decades-long conflict for global supremacy dominated by the Soviet Union and the United States, and consider the impact of these cultural exchanges on US artists, institutions, and the Cold War itself.