Music and Politics No 208, 2004/3 - pagesPages 3 to 5Music and Politics: New ApproachesBy Christophe ProchassonPages 7 to 28A Musical Institution between Withdrawal from and Implication in the Political Sphere: The Paris Opera During the Franco-Prussian War and Under the CommuneBy Déborah CohenPages 29 to 43Italian Socialists and Music (1880–1922)By Marco GervasoniPages 45 to 69“The Germans and the Bosch”: German Music in Paris during the First World WarBy Esteban BuchPages 70 to 90The Politics of Transcendence: Ideology in Olivier Messiaen’s Music During the 1930sBy Jane F. FulcherPages 91 to 124Reactionary Musicographers in France during the 1930sBy Philippe GumplowiczPages 125 to 143Pablo Casals or the Modalities and Meanings of a Musician’s CommitmentBy Phryné PigenetPages 145 to 165The Discovery of Bela Bartok in Post-World War II France: Issues and ControversiesBy Michèle AltenPages 166 to 179The Invention of the “Great Repertoire”By Emmanuel PedlerPages 180 to 209Reviews