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FA-53115-07	Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers	Eric Austin Drott	Politics and Avant-garde Music in France, 1968-1981	6/1/2008 - 5/31/2009	$40,000.00	Eric	Austin	Drott				University of Texas, Austin	Austin	TX	78712-0100	USA	2006	Music History and Criticism	Fellowships for University Teachers	Research Programs	40000	0	40000	0	"Music after May" addresses the impact that the May 1968 uprisings in France had upon avant-garde music during the 'long 1970s,' a period stretching from the failed revolution of 1968 to the socialists' electoral victory in 1981. The project examines how the political milieu of the post-68 period affected the efforts of composers, performers and critics to position new music in the public sphere, and how these efforts evolved as the memory of May receded.