To finish my experiment with spacing the posts, I bring you at last…. Richard Wagner. He is such a monumental figure that it’s easy to find information on him – check this official site for a variety of biographical material, interviews, and information about his works. But he is also a very problematic figure as […]
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Week 8: Richard Wagner and the Music of Nationalism
Posted in Germany, nationalism, Romanticism, Wagner, weekly setup, tagged nationalism, Romanticism, Wagner, weekly readings on October 16, 2015 | 33 Comments »
Week 8: Readings: Musical Nationalism
Posted in Italy, nationalism, weekly readings, tagged Italy, nationalism, weekly readings on October 16, 2015 | 1 Comment »
This week’s “readings” are more like “listenings.” Music played a powerful role in 19th century nationalism, and this week we are going to consider how. In one way, we’ll use music as a stand-in for a whole variety of cultural products: novels, plays, poems, songs, and all. So how would culture influence nationalism? Consider the […]
Week 8: Weekly Setup: Unification
Posted in Germany, Italy, nationalism, weekly setup, tagged Germany, Italy, nationalism, weekly setup on October 16, 2015 | 19 Comments »
So far in the course we have tended to concentrate on England and France — two of the most solid and successful states of the 18th and 19th centuries. Both of these states achieved early on a unified state and society: uncontested borders, coherent and rationalized language, single state-sponsored religion, and a culturally influential capital […]