Anderson, Benedict, 21, 97–98, 110

art

educational power, 7–8, 26, 29, 42, 45, 47, 50–51, 61–62, 71–72, 82–83, 231

function in nationalism, 7, 9–11, 15–16, 22, 24, 29, 32–34, 42–44, 47–48, 80–83, 92–93, 95, 100, 104, 107–109, 135–138, 145–150, 181, 192–201, 204, 206, 231–232

and politics, 2–6, 8–9, 239–240

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 35–36, 49, 113, 153, 181, 193

Bartók, Bela, 29, 134, 232–233

Bayreuth Festival, 13, 47, 52, 54, 57–59, 194, 205

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 49, 113, 118, 132, 153, 193, 195, 205, 213–214

Bergen music festival, 15, 48, 78–80, 199, 208, 217

Berlioz, Hector, 61, 129

Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne, 15, 46, 74–78, 136, 168, 200, 207

Bull, Ole, 14, 46, 101, 137, 167–168, 200, 208

Czech lands, 33, 66–67, 121, 158, 161, 163, 168, 177, 203–204, 216

Czech National Theater, 18, 42, 48, 68–69

Dahlhaus, Carl, 29, 32, 34, 114, 120

decline trope, 7–8, 42, 44, 48, 50, 54, 67, 80, 212

Dvorák, Antonín, 128, 171, 176–178, 204

education

and national culture, 8, 25–26, 42, 45, 80, 82, 236

England, 2, 11, 20, 189, 192, 231

Erben, Karel Jaromír, 98, 102, 106, 122–123, 128

de Falla, Manuel, 35, 232–233

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 45, 101, 151, 212

folk sources, 9, 35, 92–95, 106–111, 115, 117, 119–121, 123–124, 127–131, 133–138

France, 3, 20, 36, 153, 170, 189, 192–193

French music, 9, 35, 48–49, 51–52, 60–62, 69, 95–96, 116, 149–154, 156, 163–165, 167, 169–170, 180, 193–194

French Revolution, 3, 20, 23, 35, 81

Gellner, Ernest, 21, 25, 110

German music, 9, 35–36, 96, 169–172, 178, 233

and influences on Czech music, 159–167

and universal standards, 172–175, 179–180