{"product_id":"double-stopping-9798765135044","title":"Double Stopping","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouble Stopping\u003c\/i\u003e traces the migration of celebrity violinists to and from Australia to investigate routes of contact between metropoles and peripheries, and the impact of world wars and political instability on patterns of musical migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMobility and migration were integral to the careers of twentieth-century concert artists. \u003ci\u003eDouble Stopping\u003c\/i\u003e explores how the increasing speed of travel and communication, the development of new media, and the rise of celebrity culture enabled outstanding musicians to construct a global career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDocumenting movement through and between Belgium, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and emerging hubs in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, this book explores aspects of musical migrant culture. These include the influence of teachers who were themselves migrants, the role of arts organisations in promoting (or hampering) the careers of immigrant musicians, the impact of the explicitly racist 'White Australia' policy on immigrant artists whose mission was to propagate whiteness and cultural elitism, the obstacles faced by women as aspiring soloists as well as immigrants, and the ways that migration re-oriented or reshaped career trajectories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt argues that an approach to the history of music performance through the lens of migration can bring into view lives that have been obscured because they crossed borders and transgressed boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith reference to migration studies, empire studies, postcolonialist theory, celebrity studies, and studies of violinists and violin culture, \u003ci\u003eDouble Stopping\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves life stories and migration history to explore the interconnectedness of migration and music-making in an era of modernisation and globalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47602916131052,"sku":"9798765135044","price":198.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798765135044-double-stopping.jpg?v=1778049623","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/double-stopping-9798765135044","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}