Introduction: Instruments of Diplomacy
1. Classical Music and the Mediation of Prestige
2. Classical Music as Development Aid
3. Jazz in the Cultural Presentations Program
4. African American Ambassadors Abroad and at Home
5. Presenting America’s Religious Heritage Abroad
6. The Double-Edged Diplomacy of Popular Music
7. Music, Media, and Cultural Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
Conclusion: Music, Mediated Diplomacy, and Globalization in the Cold War Era
Database of Cultural Presentations
Selected Sources
Appendices:
1.1. Cultural Presentations Budgets, 1961-1974
1.2. Programs of the Claremont Quartet, 1965 Latin American Tour
2.1. Recordings of William Strickland Conducting Japanese Orchestras
2.2. Recordings by Akeo Watanabe and the Japan Philharmonic Released on CRI
2.3. Strickland’s Scandinavian Recordings for CRI
2.4. American Works Recorded by the Polish National Radio Orchestra with Polish Conductors and Orchestras
2.5. Recordings by the Polish National Radio Orchestra, Strickland Conducting