The Rise and Fall of the Post-World War II Modernist Movement

Post-World War II Germany was a nightmarish mix of starving citizens and shell-shocked soldiers. Composers like Stravinsky and even Schoenberg found themselves caught between these two camps, which are still locked in mutual distrust and dislike today. The head of the US military government in Germany wanted to Americanize and lift up the American part of Germany as Roosevelt had done for America itself. So let's discuss the story of post-WWII modernism, total serialism, musical morality, and more on this week's Sticky Notes.