Music Makes the Nation: Nationalist Composers and Nation Building in Nineteenth-Century Europe
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Table of Contents

Preface

ix

Introduction

1

Biographical Overview

10

Chapter 1: Nationalism and Music

17

Nationalism: Key Concepts and Definitions

18

Nationalist Intellectuals and the National Culture

22

Nationalism in Music

26

Chapter 2: Creating National Music

41

Wagner

48

Smetana

59

Grieg

69

Conclusion

80

Chapter 3: The Role of Folk Sourcesin Creating a National Music

91

Nationalizing Folk Traditions

92

Folk Sources in Wagner, Smetana, and Grieg

111

Conclusion

135

Chapter 4: Constructing “Difference”in the National Culture

145

Wagner’s Villains

150

Smetana and the Battles of “Wagnerianism”

158

Grieg, German Music, and German Critics

167

Conclusion

179