The CIA and Classical Music
Listen on the Nightmare of Reason Podcast
This podcast tells about the CIA’s attempts to influence music and culture in general during the Cold War. The secret spy organization created numerous literary magazines and arts organizations and even held concerts with the object of showing up the Soviet Union and with the object of showing America to be a beacon of freedom (which is ironic to say the least). On the music front the CIA pushed atonalism and serialism. Did they succeed? Listen to the podcast and find out
