The Romantic Period Saw a Rise in Nationalistic Music and Art

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major reference
- In Western music: Establishment of the Romantic idiom
  Nationalism—the consciousness of the distinctive features of a nation and the intent to reveal, emphasize, and glorify those features—played a prominent part in Romantic music, partly equally a result of social and political developments. The subject area matter favoured past Romantic composers is most apparent in…
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influence on

chamber music
- In chamber music: Belatedly Romantic period, c. 1855–1900
  …Romantic writing with a incomparably nationalistic flavor. Of about 30 works of chamber music, nine held an important place in the repertory; these include two string sextets, three quartets, ii pianoforte trios, a piano quartet, and a piano quintet. One of the string quartets, the American, Opus 96, purports to…
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concerto music
- In concerto: Romantic innovations
  …was the tardily-Romantic plow to nationalistic colours, introducing folk melodies or allowing folk music to influence melodies, harmonies, and rhythms. An example is the Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra (1875), by the French composer Édouard Lalo.
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folk music
- In folk music: Folk music in historical context
  The nationalist movements of 19th- and early 20th-century art music drew on folk tunes and their styles, too every bit folk dances and themes from folklore and village life, to develop distinctive repertories. Leaders in these movements included Bedrich Smetana and Dvořák for Czech music, Edvard…
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Latin American music
- In Latin American music: The 19th century
  …decades of the century, musical nationalism had developed, every bit it had in Europe; its principal expression was through the use of genres that were associated with national folk and pop characteristics.
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major contributors

Albéniz
- In Isaac Albéniz
  …a leader of the Spanish nationalist school of musicians.
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Balakirev
- In Mily Balakirev
  …dynamic leader of the Russian nationalist group of composers of his era.
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Bartok
- In Béla Bartók: Career in Hungary
  …time, a spirit of optimistic nationalism was sweeping Hungary, inspired by Ferenc Kossuth and his Party of Independence. As other members of Bartók's generation demonstrated in the streets, the 22-yr-old composer wrote a symphonic poem, Kossuth (1903), portraying in a style reminiscent of Strauss, though with a Hungarian flavor, the…
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Cui
- In César Cui
  …pugnacious journalistic champion of Russian nationalism. From 1864 to 1877 he was music critic for the St. Peterburgskiye vedomosti ("St. Petersburg News"), and afterwards he became a successful propagandist of Russian music in Belgium and France, notably with his La Musique en Russie (1881). Cui's ain music has little Russian…
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Dvořák
- In Antonín Dvořák: Works of Antonín Dvořák
  …the foundations of the Czech nationalist move in music, but information technology was left to Dvořák to develop and extend this in an impressive series of works that quickly came to rank in popularity with those of his great German contemporaries. The reasons for Dvořák's popularity lie in his bully talent…
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Enesco
- In George Enesco
  National themes are also used in his opera Oedipe (1936). In his later years he became the leader of the Romanian school of composers. He was also greatly respected as a violin instructor.
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Five, The
- In The Five
  …try to create a truly national school of Russian music, gratuitous of the stifling influence of Italian opera, German lieder, and other western European forms. The original proper name of the group, Moguchaya Kuchka, was coined in a newspaper commodity in 1867. Centred in St. petersburg, the members of The Five…
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Gade
- In Niels Gade
  …composer who founded the Romantic nationalist schoolhouse in Danish music.
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Glazunov
- In Aleksandr Glazunov
  …the recognized heir of the nationalist group and composed co-ordinate to their principles; he besides absorbed the influence of Franz Liszt, whom he visited in Weimar, Germany, in 1884. Other influences, notably Wagner'southward and Tchaikovsky's, were after evident. Most of Glazunov's best works—the fourth, fifth, and 6th symphonies and his…
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Glière
- In Reinhold Glière
  …because of his interest in national styles. He organized workers' concerts and directed committees of the Moscow Spousal relationship of Composers and Spousal relationship of Soviet Composers.
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Glinka
- In Mikhail Glinka
  …acknowledged founder of the Russian nationalist schoolhouse.
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Granados
- In Enrique Granados
  …leader of the movement toward nationalism in tardily 19th-century Spanish music.
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Grieg
- In Edvard Grieg
  …a founder of the Norwegian nationalist school of music.
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Harris
- In Roy Harris
  …and a prominent representative of nationalism in American music who came to be regarded as the musical spokesman for the American mural.
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Jolivet
- In André Jolivet
  …Berlioz), dedicated to fostering modern nationalistic music. During his service in the French Regular army during World War Two, Jolivet grew interested in primitive religion and magic—influences that may be detected in his way.
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Kabalevsky
- In Dmitry Kabalevsky
  …composer of music in a nationalistic Russian idiom, whose music as well constitute an international audience.
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Khachaturian
- In Aram Khachaturian
  …by a growing appreciation of folk traditions, not only those of his Armenian forebears but also those of Georgia, Russia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. His Symphony No. 2 (1943) was written for the 25th ceremony of the Russian Revolution. His other works include a symphonic suite, Masquerade (1944; from incidental music…
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Novák
- In Vítězslav Novák
  …of the master proponents of nationalism in Czech music and the teacher of many Czech composers of the 20th century.
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Pedrell
- In Felipe Pedrell
  …of music founded on both national folk songs and Spanish masterpieces of the past.
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Turina
- In Joaquín Turina
  …who helped to promote the national character of 20th-century Castilian music.
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Williams
- In Ralph Vaughan Williams
  …20th century, founder of the nationalist motion in English music.
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