Musical Constructions of Nationalism
Subtitle: Essays on the History and Ideology of European Musical Culture 1800-1945 (Musicology)
Contributors: Harry White (Editor); Michael Murphy (Editor)
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: April 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781859181539
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; Nationalism; Theory of music & musicology; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History & Criticism - General; Philosophy And Esthetics Of Music; Social Aspects Of Music; Music/Songbooks; Musicology; Music; Europe; History and criticism; Genres & Styles - Military & Marches; Music / Reference; Ethnic; 19th century; Nationalism in music
First sentence: Bela Bartok's rejection around 1905 of the conventions of what was until then regarded as 'genuine' Hungarian music, namely that composed in the main by dilettantes of the gentry class and disseminated by Gypsy musicians, and his adoption of a style inspired by the musical practices of the least educated and most conservative strand of peasant society, has been seen as a political and artistic transfiguration.