Music Makes the Nation: Nationalist Composers and Nation Building in Nineteenth-Century Europe
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (735 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1604975229 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Specializing in international history and politics, he has published widely, on topics ranging from European integration to nationalist conflict. Benjamin Curtis is an Assistant Professor in the Humanities in Seattle University's Matteo Ricci College.
As one of the very few broad, comparative studies of nationalist music, Music Makes the Nation is an essential resource for students and scholars in history and musicology. Nearly all the nation-building movements that swept across Europe in that century found some of their most influential and lasting expressions through the art of nationalist composers who took an active part in those movements. The political, intellectual, and artistic story behind some of the greatest musical works of the time and the artists who created them is the book's focus. The fourth chapter discusses the conflicts within nationalist movements over foreign artistic influence on the national culture. The international dimensions of nationalist music are the subject of the fifth chapter, examining Wagner's, Smetana's, and Grieg's aspirations for their art to represent their nations to the world. Their political and artistic projects to create a national music for their countries are the topic of the second chapter. In addition, as a groundbreaking analysis of the socio-political functions of nationalist music, the book will be of interest to those studying nationalism and political science.. The third chapter explores in detail the essential role that folk music played in nationalism as an attempt to fuse artistically the urban and rural populations into one national whole. This book is an intel
"The author's philosophical discussion of nationalism is enlightening: he challenges many earlier romantic conceptsRecommended." --Choice Academic Reviews