International Relations, Music and Diplomacy

"Throughout history, diplomats have gathered for musical events and musicians have served as national representatives -- music has proven to be a component of diplomacy, its ceremonies, its practices. Following the acoustic turn in IR theory, the contributors to this volume explore 'musical diplomacies' and deal with sounds and voices in aural terms, i.e. not restricted to music per se, and examine the voices (speech) of musicians in the international arena"--from back cover.