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Most distinct national music here, where folk songs pervaded everyday life, involving everyone from the carpenter to the laundry-maid.
The nationalistic feelings were awakened during the upheavals of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars, when French armies invaded much of Europe.
The citizens' sense of national identity were aroused, during which common bonds of language, culture and history were heightened and the battles were fought by soldiers drawn from the general public.
Composers deliberately give their works a distinctive national identity.
sometimes symbolises nationalist yearnings and stirred audiences to violent political demonstrations.
Patriotic feeling was intensified by romanticism, which glorified love for one's heritage.
Strongest impact of nationalism felt in countries where their musical heritage were being dominated by the music of..
..in Prague.
to commemorate the attempted assassination of Tsar Alexander II in the city of Kiev in 1866.
..died at 39.
- short melodic or rhythmic ideas used to represent characters or images
- use of instruments to represent characters or images
e.g. birdsong or thunder
- basic theme undergoes changes to mirror a situation
IN ADDITION..
tone colour
rhythm
texture
melody
Smetana,
Dvořák
dances
folk songs
Mussorgsky,
Rimsky-Korsakov,
Borodin
Grieg (Norway),
Sibelius (Finland)
produced important nationalist composers
of which groups or "schools" of composers declared their musical independence and established national styles.
operas & programme music:
inspired by history, legends and landscapes of their native lands.
original melodies with a folk flavour
Albéniz
Balakirev,
César Cui
made popular by Ravel, who arranged for the work to be played by a symphonic orchestra.
Absolute Music
instrumental music that is free of a programme and exists purely for its own sake.
descriptive music always existed, orchestral programme music became very popular during the Romantic period when music developed close links with literature and painting.