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Nationalism in 19th
Century Music
Content1.Definition of Nationalism.2.When and where did
Nationalism started.3.How Nationalism
influenced composers and their music.
4.Countries and their very own composers and works.
What is Nationalism ?According to Oxford English
Dictionary ( Online Edition ), Nationalism means
1 patriotic feeling, often to an excessive degree.
2 advocacy of political independence for a particular country.
When and Where ?• During 19th century, it was
all started when France had their France revolution and the Napoleonic wars ( 1789-1814 ), through war they invaded most of the Europe.
The influence of Nationalism towards music
First point:Common bonds of language, culture
and history were strengthened.- Through of these aspects,
Nationalism led people In their country to be united against the colonist.
- - Example, like Germany and Italy, they become united and this inspired the composers to write music about their country.
The influence of Nationalism towards music
Second Point :Nationalism led to the increasing
usage of national language in the invaded countries.
- Textbook, newspapers and official documents were all written in national language.
- - the national past became a subject for folk songs, dances and fairy tales.
- - Example, in 1830s, important books were written in Czech and there were many collections of Czech folk poetry.
The influence of Nationalism towards music
Third point:Wrote operas and program music
inspired by history, legends and landscape of their native lands.
- The rhythm, tone color, texture and melody are from national tradition.
- Emphasized strongly on national style.
- Example, among the works are Russian Easter Overture ( Rimsky-Korsakov), Finlandia ( sibelius ), Slavonic Dances ( Dvorak )
The influence of Nationalism towards music
Fourth Point:Stirred the public to become
rebellious about revolution on their country.
- Musical composers were using their talent to write songs to make the people going to streets and doing riot against the government.
- Example, The Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi, chose librettos that fanned public hatred for the Austrian overloads. Forming anti-Austrian.
The influence of Nationalism towards music
Last point:The strongest impact of Nationalism
was felt in lands that where own musical heritage had been dominated by foreign countries.
- Poland, Russia, Bohemia, and the Scandinavian countries produced composers that wrote music that had national flavor.
- Example, Early 19th Century, Chopin transformed his native Polish dances into great art.
Leading musical nationalist
Mussorgsky( 1839-1881 ); Pictures at an Exhibition ( 1874 )Rimsky-Korsakov( 1844-1908) ; Russian Easter
Smetana(1824-1884) ; The MoldauDvorak( 1841-1904) ; Slavonic Dances (1878)
Edvard Grieg (1865–1957) ; Peer Gynt Suite
Jean Sibelius(1865-1957); Finlandia (1899)
Isaac Albeniz(1860-1909) ; Suite Iberia (1906)
The Russian
Five
Mily Alexeyevich
Balakirev
César Antonovich Cui
Modest Petrovich
Mussorgsky
Nikolai Andreyevich
Rimsky-Korsakov
Alexander Porfiryevich
Borodin
(1836-1910)
Musician
(1835-1918)
An army Enginee
r
( 1839-1881)A civil
servant
(1844-1908)
A naval officer
(1833-1887)
A chemist
Russian Five- The folk music of Russia are very
different from the western Europe.- Often based on ancient church
modes, consist of 8 tones within an octave and have the pattern of whole and half steps also tend with irregular in meter.
- It was in 1860s, where 5 young men, known as “Russian Five” form a group to creating a truly Russian music.
- Russian Five created a masterpiece of musical nationalism called Pictures at an Exhibition (1874).
Pictures at an Exhibition ( 1874 )- It was originated as a cycle of piano
pieces inspired by pictures from Mussorgsky’s friend, Victor Hartmann.
- There are 10 pieces of music in this masterpiece.
- One of the popular and important among those pieces is The Great Gate of Kiev.
Thank You for your attention.