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Joseph Horowitz

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in New York City, New York, The United States

February 12, 1948

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Joseph Horowitz is an American cultural historian whose seven books mainly deal with the institutional history of classical music in the United States. As a producer of concerts, he has played a pioneering role in promoting thematic programming and new concert formats.

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“Cheapening Freedom by Over-Praising It”

The journal H-Diplo Review, addressing scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history, has graciously published a little something I was invited to write about my 2023 book “The Propaganda of Freedom” in an attempt to foster cross-disciplinary inquiry:

As a cultural historian specializing in the history of American music, I have long been aware of disciplinary b

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Joseph Horowitz’s books

Average rating: 3.75 · 390 ratings · 72 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	Conversations With Arrau 4.45 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music by Joseph Horowitz, George Shirley (Foreword) 3.14 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts 3.44 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall 3.91 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dvorak in America: In Search of the New World 3.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	“On My Way”: The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George Gershwin, and 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ivory Trade: Music and the Business of Music at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Understanding Toscanini: A Social History of American Concert Life 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wagner Nights: An American History (California Studies in 19th-Century Music) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In fact, I believe that Americans in general are losing touch with the past, with our history and cultural inheritance. We live in an age of instant gratification. We no longer know our forebears. This is one reason we feel so fractured today. Dvořák was bent on excavating roots. This exercise has never seemed more timely.”
― Joseph Horowitz, Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music

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