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Ask the Experts: How Ford, Rockefeller, and the NEA Changed American Music - Hardcover

Uy, Michael Sy

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Synopsis

This book tells a new story about patterns of public and private grantmaking from the 1950s to the 1970s, a period during which the United States witnessed a remarkable expansion in arts patronage. Through archival documents, oral history, and ethnographic material, author Michael Sy Uy offers an in-depth analysis of grant-making practices, and highlights important and instructive issues concerning philanthropy, arts patronage, and musical production and consumption.

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About the Author

Michael Sy Uy,Allston Burr Resident Dean, Harvard College

Michael Sy Uy is the Allston Burr Resident Dean of Dunster House, Assistant Dean of Harvard College, and a Lecturer in the Harvard University Department of Music. His main areas of scholarly research focus on philanthropy, arts education, cultural policy, and connoisseurship. In 2018, he was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award by the Harvard Foundation.

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