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Choral Fantasies

Music, Festivity, and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany [Paperback]

by Ryan Minor

    • Author

      Ryan Minor

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      August 2015

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      Product Description

      Most histories of nineteenth-century music portray 'the people' merely as an audience, a passive spectator to the music performed around it. Yet, in this reappraisal of choral singing and public culture, Minor shows how a burgeoning German bourgeoisie sang of its own collective aspirations, mediated through the voice of celebrity composers. As both performer and idealized community, the chorus embodied the possibilities and limitations of a participatory, national identity. Starting with the many public festivals at which the chorus was a featured participant, Minor's account of the music written for these occasions breaks new ground not only by taking seriously these often-neglected works, but also by showing how the contested ideals of German nationhood suffused the music itself. In situating both music and festive culture within the milieu of German bourgeois liberals, this study uncovers new connections between music and politics during a century that sought to redefine both spheres.

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      • Author

        Ryan Minor

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        August 2015

      • Weight

        454g

      • Page Count

        284

      • Dimensions

        170 x 245 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9781107543638

      • ISBN-10

        1107543630

      • Eden Code

        4590882

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      • Author/Creator: Ryan Minor

      • ISBN: 9781107543638

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: August 2015

      • Weight: 454g

      • Dimensions: 170 x 245 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 4590882

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