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Focus : Music, nationalism, and the making of the new Europe / Philip V. Bohlman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bohlman, Philip V., 1952-
- Series:
- Focus on world music.
- Focus on world music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Europe--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Nationalism in music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping nationalism. Using intensive fieldwork throughout Europe -- from participation in alpine foot pilgrimages to studies of the grandest music spectacle anywhere in the world, the Eurovision Song Contest -- Philip V. Bohlman reveals the ways in which music and nationalism intersect in the shaping of the New Europe. Focus: Music, Nationalism, and the Making of the New Europe begins with the emergence of the Euro
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Musical Examples on Compact Disc; Series Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Note on Translation and the Glossary; CHAPTER 1 Music and Nationalism: Why Do We Love to Hate Them?; CHAPTER 2 The European Nation-State in History; CHAPTER 3 National Music; CHAPTER 4 Nationalist Music; CHAPTER 5 In the Belly of the Beast: Music and Nation in Central Europe; CHAPTER 6 Europeans without Nations: Music at the Borders of the Nation-State; CHAPTER 7 Europeans of Many Nations: Music beyond the Borders of the Nation-State
- CHAPTER 8 The New Europeanness: New Musics and New NationalismsEpilogue: Renewing Europe; Glossary; CD Notes and Commentary; Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-92050-1
- 1-282-88615-0
- 9786612886157
- 0-203-84449-1
- 9780203844496
- OCLC:
- 670411123
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