2nd Chapter. National Identity

National Identity 

1. NATIONAL IDENTITY

Musical nationalism refers to the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country, region, or ethnicity, such as folk tunes and melodies, rhythms, and harmonies inspired by them.

As new nations were formed in Europe, nationalism in music was a reaction against the dominance of the mainstream European classical tradition as composers started to separate themselves from the standards set by Italian, French, and especially German traditionalists


Examples:

 SIBELIUS - FINLAND 

GRIEG-DENMARK

 SMETANA-BOHEMIA (CHECH REPUBLIC)

JOAQUIN RODRIGO (SPAIN)

MUSIC THAT, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO IT, YOU GET TRANSPORTED TO YOUR COUNTRY

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What do you think?

ACTIVITY ABOUT IT

Find a music piece from one of the Nationalists which sounds like the country they come from.

Write 5 lines about them and pick one or two minutes from the music piece.