Ian Pace

The political polyvalency of modernism

Stravinsky expressed great admiration for Mussolini when he met him in 1935. Image: Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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Ian Pace
Ian Pace is a pianist, musicologist and professor of music at City, University of London, but is writing here in a personal capacity. He was co-convenor of a 2022 conference on ‘Music and the University’ that took place at City.

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