Abstract
Born in 1961, Cleveland State University music professor Michael Baumgartner has traveled and worked around the world as a musicologist. He grew up in Zürich, Switzerland, but heard the music and experienced lifestyles of numerous cultures from around Europe. His experiences traveling and working in different countries showed him the significant privileges afforded to people of his identity, white men, versus the disadvantages and prejudice that people of color who traveled the world had to face. He also discusses cultural stereotypes many people have about Switzerland and comments on what is more important to him about his native country, especially its long democratic tradition.
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Interviewee
Baumgartner, Michael (interviewee)
Interviewer
Parcham, Deborah (interviewer)
Project
Cleveland German-American Oral History Project
Date
10-23-2021
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
44 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Michael Baumgartner interview, 23 October 2021" (2021). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 195022.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1242
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