Musical Nationalism Flashcards
What composition of Brahms’ showed Hungarian nationalism?
Hungarian Dance no.5
What Spanish composer wrote suite Espanols 1886?
Isaac Albeniz
Which composer starting with ‘D’ composed pieces about his Czechoslovakian heritage?
Djorvak
Who were the Mighty 5 (Russian Nationalist composers)
Balakirev
Cui
Mussirgsky
Rimksy-Korsakov
Borodin
Which Norwegian composer composed the Peer Gynt suite 1 (In the hall of the mountain king)?
Edvard Grieg
What is nationalism?
A sense of identification bound by geography, language, culture, or history
What are the roots of nationalism in the Romantic era?
Smaller revolutions (3 glorious days)
Napoleonic empire
Prussian war -> unification of Germany
Unification of Italy
How did musicians respond to Nationalism?
asserted ideals politically and artistically
What are the four results from Nationalist thinking?
Folk music
Patriotism
Reference to musical past
Association-stylistic trend
Describe how Folk music was revived because of Nationalism.
cultural identity
living traditions
fall of aristocracy - musicians could come from humble backgrounds
Moving away from the countryside
Name three folk music collectors
Francis Child
Cecil Sharp
Bartok
What is patriotism?
sense of identity and purpose
(the first National anthems were written in this era
Name pieces by Cherubini, Sibelius, and Elgar that show patriotism.
Cherubini - Hymne a la Victorie
Sibelius - Finlandia
Elgar - Pomp and circumstance
Name pieces/focuses of Mendellsohn and Grieg that show reference to their musical past and explain.
Mendellsohn: JS Bach Revival (German and Lutheran identities)
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite 1 (scenes from the norwegian countryside, unique geography)
How did association of composers change due to nationalism?
Own personal style became associated to their country (eg Liszt and his Hungarian works)
