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18%OFFMatthew Riley - Nation and Classical Music: From Handel to Copland - 9781783271429 - V9781783271429
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Nation and Classical Music: From Handel to Copland

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Description for Nation and Classical Music: From Handel to Copland Hardback. How and why do listeners come over time to 'feel the nation' through particular musical works? Series: Music in Society and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3J; AVGC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
Music in Society and Culture
Condition
New
Weight
621g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783271429
SKU
V9781783271429
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Reviews for Nation and Classical Music: From Handel to Copland
Given the current direction of travel of global politics, this wide-ranging and fascinating survey has a particular timely quality to it. A collaboration between a music historian and a historian of political nationalism, it carefully teases apart the different strands that make up the expression of national sentiment in music. SUNDAY TIMES A lucid and ... Read more

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