{"product_id":"a-thorn-in-the-rosebush-carl-s-leafstedt-9781943596232","title":"A Thorn in the Rosebush. The American Bart Estate and Archives During the Cold War, 1946-67","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book opens up new perspectives on the history of B駘a Bart's music in the 20th century. It joins a growing literature on music and the cultural Cold War. It draws inspiration from a trove of historic correspondence discovered in Massachusetts in 2010, written by B駘a Bart's executor and trustee, Victor Bator. Bator, an accomplished Hungarian-American businessman, had been personally appointed to this role by the composer. He fulfilled his charge honorably, using his court-backed authority to fend off challenges hurled against him by Hungarian government attorneys eager to wrest Bart's legacy from New York City and return it to Budapest. Epic transcontinental legal battles dragged on for decades, locking the Bart Estate in bitter conflict. Unpublished letters from Bator's desk form the starting point for the book, which weaves them into a larger story of one man's battle to keep the American Bart Estate and Archives from falling into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunist hands during the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl S. Leafstedt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943596239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943596232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Helena History Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Carl S. Leafstedt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047707570431,"sku":"9781943596232","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99cdbee5-bc8e-4647-9f7c-698b93c56769.jpg?v=1684991751","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-thorn-in-the-rosebush-carl-s-leafstedt-9781943596232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}