Discusses his new book, dangerous melodies. Classical music and america from the great war through the cold war. It explores the intersection of politics and music in the first half of the 20th century. Mr. Rosenberg describes how music can serve as a tool of both outreach and xenophobia depending on the Political Climate of the era. Good afternoon. Hello everyone. Im amanda sciandro and on behalf of smithsonian associates, its my pleasure to welcome you here for Classical Music and American Foreign relations, a complicated to it. Thank you to our members. Its your support they keep this going all year round. Thank you very much. We are going deep into december for the holidays. It is a pleasure to have you. If you are not yet a member or curious about our membership levels or programs, please feel free to talk to me or any of our lovely volunteers just outside the doors. You can also pick up a copy of the magazine if you do not have one already. You can find us online at smithsonian a
Politics and music in the first half of the 20th century. He describes how music can be a tool of outreach and xenophobia, depending on the Political Climate of the era. Good afternoon. Hello, everyone. Im amanda shondra. Its my pleasure to welcome you here today for Classical Music and American Foreign relations, a complicated duet. Thank you to our members. Its your support that keeps us going. Thank you so much. Were going deep into the december before the holidays. Its a pleasure to have you. If you are not yet a member, if you are curious about our membership levels or programs, talk to me or any of our volunteers just outside the doors. You can pick up a copy of the magazine if you dont have one already. Find us online at smithsonianassociates. Org. Please take a moment to silence any mobile devices or your cellstonecel cellphones. Good to doublecheck because we have cspan in the house. Your ring tone will be saved. Thank you. Just an additional note. Our exits we have one in the
Any of our volunteers. You can also pick up a copy of the magazine if you dont have it already and find us online at smithsonianassociates. Org. Please take a moment to silence any mobile devices. Housee cspan in the. Onight just an additional note, our exit, generally we have one in the back and one to your right. You may have noticed there is a lot going on in the Ridley Center today, and that backdoor is blocked, so please, for your safety and others, use this door to your right as the exit. I think that is all the announcements i have for you, and again, thank you to cspan for being here today. Finally, let me tell you about our guest today, jonathan rosenberg. Jonathan rosenberg teaches 20th at the u. S. History Graduate Center of the university of new york. Receiving his phd in history from harvard, rosenberg, a graduate of julliard, worked as a Classical Musician. He is also the author of dangerous mines Classical Music in america from the great war to the cold war and it is ava
Going all yearround. Thank you for going deep into the december before the holidays. Its a pleasure to have you. If you are curious about our membership programs, feel free to talk to me or any of our volunteers. You can also pick up a copy of the magazine if you dont have it already and find us online at smithsonianassociates. Org. Just as a quick reminder, please take a moment to please silence any mobile devices or your cell phones, whatever you have with you. Always good to double or triple check, especially because we have cspan in the house tonight. Your ring tone will be saved in perpetuity. [laughter] thank you. Just an additional note. Generally we have exits in the back and one to your right. Today, please just use the right side door. You may have noticed we have a lot going on in the Ripley Center tonight and the backdoor is blocked. For your safety and others, use this door to your right as you exit. I think thats all the announcements i have for you, and again, thank you
When asked about the criticism, trump said, wow, now i know how jesus felt on the cross. [ laughter ] after President Trump this morning compared impeachment proceedings to a lynching, senator Lindsey Graham defended trump saying, quote, this is a lynching in every sense. And if theres one word Lindsey Graham shouldnt be using its sense. [ laughter ] thats right early this morning President Trump tweeted about congress ongoing impeachment inquiry. He wrote, all republicans must remember what they are witnessing here, a lynching. Now, the complex issue surrounding a white person using the term lynching is not something im comfortable talking about. But i am [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause oh, donald trump, you raggedy bastard. Youre not being lynched you know how i know . Because people who are being lynched dont sit in a mansion tweeting about bull[ bleep ] [ laughter ] look, the reason youre comfortable comparing your situation to a lynching is because you value black people so lit