Nation and classical music
Subtitle: from Handel to Copland
By: Matthew Riley and Anthony D. Smith
Contributors: Smith, Anthony D., author
Series: Music in Society and Culture; Music in society and culture
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781783271429
Subjects: Political aspects; Music; National music; Social aspects; Nationalism in music; History and criticism
Description: "This book develops a comparative analysis of the relationship between Western art music, nations and nationalism. It explores the influence of emergent nations and nationalism on the development of classical music in Europe and North America and examines the distinctive themes, sounds and resonances to be found in the repertory of each of the nations. Its scope is broad, extending well beyond the period 1848-1914 when national music flourished most conspicuously. The interplay of music and nation encompasses the oratorios of Handel, the open-air music of the French Revolution and the orchestral works of Beethoven and Mendelssohn and extends into the mid-twentieth century in the music of Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Copland. The book addresses the representation of the national community, the incorporation of ethnic vernacular idioms into art music, the national homeland in music, musical adaptations of national myths and legends, the music of national commemoration and the canonisation of national music."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Music and the national community : from monarchs to citizens; title: Folk music into art music; title: Music of the homeland; title: Myths and memories of the nation; title: The music of commemoration; title: The canonization of national music; title: Conclusion : nations, nationalism and classical music.