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[email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC PERFORMANCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND POLITICS: HERMANN SCHERCHEN’S AESTHETICS OF MODERN MUSIC BY DENNIS C. HUTCHISON A Dissertation submitted to the School of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2003 The members of the Committee approve the dissertation of Dennis C. Hutchison defended on 26 March 2003 ________________________ Denise Von Glahn Professor Directing Dissertation ________________________ Jane Piper Clendinning Outside Committee Member ________________________ Charles E. Brewer Committee Member ________________________ Jeffrey Kite-Powell Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii TO MY PARENTS iii AKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people helped me to complete this project. Among them were Werner Gruenzweig and the archivists at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Helene Geyer at the Hochschule für Musik, Weimar; and Elmar Budde at the Hochschule für Musik, Berlin. Myriam Scherchen gave me valuable insights into her father’s work. I would also like to thank Arend Herold and Hanno Gundert, friends who made me feel at home in their country. I owe a great debt to my dissertation committee, above all to Denise Von Glahn, for her enthusiasm, perspicuity, and wisdom. Finally, initial research for this project was completed as part of a Fulbright Graduate Fellowship Grant, 1998.