{"product_id":"artists-in-exile-how-refugees-from-twentieth-century-war-and-revolution-transformed-the-american-performing-arts-9780060748500","title":"Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecades of war and revolution in Europe forced an \"intellectual migration\" during the last century, relocating thousands of artists and thinkers to the United States. For many of Europe's premier performing artists, America proved to be a destination both strange and opportune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing the stories of George Balanchine, Kurt Weill, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and many others, \u003cem\u003eArtists in Exile\u003c\/em\u003e explores the impact that these famous newcomers had on American culture, and that America had on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorowitz, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJoseph Horowitz is the author of seven previous books, including \u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Toscanini\u003c\/em\u003e (named one of the best books of the year by the New York Book Critics Circle and \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e) and \u003cem\u003eClassical Music in America\u003c\/em\u003e (named one of the best books of the year by the \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e). A former \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e music critic and executive director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, he is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two NEH Fellowships, among other honors. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317824295186,"sku":"9780060748500","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a6d4a91-7b99-4954-864b-6a384195befe.jpg?v=1727540861","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/artists-in-exile-how-refugees-from-twentieth-century-war-and-revolution-transformed-the-american-performing-arts-9780060748500","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}