Recording of Leon Botstein (President of Bard College, New York, and Music Director, American Symphony Orchestra) giving a public lecture at CEU on October 15, 2001 at the CEU Auditorium. This third public lecture given by Leon Botstein was entitled "Music and Politics in the Twentieth Century" and was part of a week of special events planned to celebrate CEU’s Tenth Anniversary. In his lecture, Leon Botstein talks about composers, arts and musical movements from historical and geographical perspective.