Tunes for Tyrants: Music and Power with Suzy Klein — Season 1
20173 episodes
About this season
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.
Episodes (3)
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E1
1. Revolution
Aired 2 October 2017 • 60 min
Suzy takes us back to the volatile years following the Russian Revolution and World War I.
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E2
2. Dictatorship
Aired 9 October 2017 • 60 min
Suzy Klein reaches the 1930s, when the totalitarian dictators sought to use and abuse music for ideological ends.
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E3
3. World War
Aired 16 October 2017 • 60 min
Suzy 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.