Political Battlefields in French Musical Education: Provincial Conservatories under the Nazi Occupation and Vichy Regime by Jessica H. Grimmer A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Music Musicology) at The University of Michigan 2020 Doctoral Committee: Professor Jane Fulcher, Chair Professor Joshua Cole Professor Charles Garrett Professor Steven Whiting Jessica H. Grimmer
[email protected] ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0320-1812 © Jessica H. Grimmer 2020 DEDICATION To my parents, Joseph and Joanne McCafferty. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my appreciation to the many mentors, colleagues, friends and family whose support, encouragement, and advice I have fortunate enough to receive during the course of researching and writing this dissertation. I thank my dissertation committee for their insight and advice: Charles Hiroshi Garrett, Steven Whiting, and Joshua Cole. I especially thank my dissertation advisor and committee chair, Jane Fulcher, for her guidance throughout my time at the University of Michigan. Her expertise in the field, excellent writing opinions, and steadfast encouragement allowed this project to reach fruition. The faculty, colleagues, and friends at the University of Michigan have all offered their kind support. I would like to expressly thank James Borders, Gabriela Cruz, Aleksandra Vojcic, Andrew Kohler, Amy Petrongelli, Ethan Allred, Jessica Getman, Anne Heminger, Megan Hill, Elizabeth McClain, Patricia Moss, Austin Stewart, Kristen Clough, Nee Chucherdwatanasak, Lisa Decenteceo, Alyssa Wells, and Lena Leson. I also thank the wonderful faculty at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music: Edward Nowacki, Stephanie Schlagel, bruce mcclung, Mary Sue Morrow, Matthew Peattie, and Jonathan Kregor.