“The Nonmusical Message Will Endure With It:” The Changing Reputation and Legacy of John Powell (1882-1963)
This thesis explores the changing reputation and legacy of John Powell (1882-1963). Powell was a Virginian-born pianist, composer, and ardent Anglo-Saxon supremacist who created musical propaganda to support racial purity and to define the United States as an exclusively Anglo-Saxon nation. Althou...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2012
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2692 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3691&context=etd |