Tunes for Tyrants: Music and Power with Suzy Klein
2017 · Documentary · 1 Season · 3 Episodes ·
Suzy explores how the power of music to rouse our emotions gave it a crucial role in some of the most turbulent years of the 20th century.
E11. RevolutionSuzy takes us back to the volatile years following the Russian Revolution and World War I.E22. DictatorshipSuzy Klein reaches the 1930s, when the totalitarian dictators sought to use and abuse music for ideological ends.E33. World WarSuzy explores the use, abuse and manipulation of music in the Second World War - from swinging jazz to film soundtracks and from mushy ballads to madcap ballets.
