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The CIA and the Avant-Garde

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The German city of Darmstadt is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Internationalen Ferienkursen fur Neue Musik, one of the bastions of the avant-garde.
But in the late 1940s and early 50s, was this radical, leftist festival covertly funded by the CIA? Former Darmstadt composition tutor Christopher Fox helps Tommy Pearson make sense of the murky worlds of avant-garde music and the cultural Cold War. Producer Andy Cartwright Rptd Sat 3.30pm

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Unknown:
Christopher Fox
Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Producer:
Andy Cartwright
Source: Radio Times

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