Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943

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Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943. / Fjeldsøe, Michael.

The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945: Propaganda, Myth and Reality. ed. / David Fanning; Erik Levi. Routledge, 2020. p. 303-318.

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Harvard

Fjeldsøe, M 2020, Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943. in D Fanning & E Levi (eds), The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945: Propaganda, Myth and Reality. Routledge, pp. 303-318.

APA

Fjeldsøe, M. (2020). Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943. In D. Fanning, & E. Levi (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945: Propaganda, Myth and Reality (pp. 303-318). Routledge.

Vancouver

Fjeldsøe M. Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943. In Fanning D, Levi E, editors, The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945: Propaganda, Myth and Reality. Routledge. 2020. p. 303-318

Author

Fjeldsøe, Michael. / Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943. The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945: Propaganda, Myth and Reality. editor / David Fanning ; Erik Levi. Routledge, 2020. pp. 303-318

Bibtex

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