Music 2711F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Symphonic Poem, African-American Music, Czech National Revival
13 Oct 2016
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An overt display of social and political allegiance. A nation does not have to be political entity. If their delivery trying to display, primarly leading exponent, by virtue, successful composer neglecting country. Take an attitude, nation is not a state, simply define of how population defined, any different ppl can be nation, we have 1st nation (quebec) Many ppl want to find gain some govern nation not by leader outside hungarian empire, many was unsuccessful own nation state. 19th century european political change liberation meant different things in different places. In germany trying to create a country share the language and culture, wagner want to encourage national music shed literary, eastern europe- political nationalism all about shed identity. Nationalism in music began in germany and traveled east. National styles in classical music only coalesced over time, through repetition. Most significant works:opera (eg the bartered bride, 1863-70) and symphonic poems (ma vlast cycle)
