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Style and ideology: The cold war 'blend' in Greece

2008; Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Institute of Musicology of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2298/muz0808055r

2406-0976

Keti Romanu,

Music History and Culture

This paper describes cultural policy in Greece from the end of World War II up to the fall of the junta of colonels in 1974. The writer's object is to show how the Cold War favoured defeated Western countries, which participated effectively in the globalisation of American culture, as in the Western world de-nazification was transformed into a purge of communism. Using the careers of three composers active in communist resistance organizations as examples (Iannis Xenakis, Mikis Theodorakis and Alecos Xenos), the writer describes the repercussions of this phenomenon in Greek musical life and creativity.