In its concentration on exporting its dollars, tools and advice to the postwar world, the U.S. has been slow and a little timid about exporting its culture. But now culture is catching up with the atomic cannon, the dam builders, the agricultural advisors and the diplomats.
In swelling numbers, U.S. artists are fanning out to carry American theater, painting, literature to the rest of the world. Late, but far from least, in the parade are U.S. musicians. A random look at the travel notes last week showed U.S. jazz in London, a fine U.S. symphony in Latin America, a top U.S. violinist...