Nationalist Composers in Europe
Extreme Nationalism began in Europe 1840 -1925 and composers became heavily involved in aspects of patriotism and protectionism in support of their native countries. These composers used their music to make deliberate statements about political difficulties their countries were facing such as foreign interference and domination, to invoke national pride among citizens, to showcase unique ethnic characteristics they were proud of, and to celebrate their county in the concert-halls of world.
Choose TWO (2) Nationalist composers from the list below, from 2 different countries, and thoroughly address the items about each one using the following format:
COMPOSER #1 ___________________________ Country___________________
1) Provide complete biographical information about this composer (15 pts);
2) Provide a complete history of the “nationalist/political issues” facing their country during this composer’s life, and explain why & how these composers were “nationalistically” involved; how was their music used, what did they promote, why was it important for that country? (20 pts.);
3) Describe two (2) examples of their nationalistic compositions and the background / reasons these pieces were written; what is “nationalistic” about these pieces? (15 pts).
COMPOSER #2 ___________________________ Country____________________
1) Provide complete biographical information about this composer (15 pts);
2) Provide a complete history of the “nationalist/political issues” facing their country during this composer’s life, and explain why & how these composers were “nationalistically” involved; how was their music used, what did they promote, why was it important for that country? (20 pts.);
3) Describe two (2) examples of their nationalistic compositions and the background / reasons these pieces were written; what is “nationalistic” about these pieces? (15 pts).
Your Paper must discuss each composer separately and be divided into sections 1) 2) 3) as shown above.
RUSSIA: Glinka / Rimsky-Korsakov / Borodin / Tchaikovsky
POLAND: Chopin / Moniuszko
CZECH REPUBLIC: Smetana / Dvorak / Janacek
NORWAY: Grieg
FINLAND: Sibelius
SWEDEN: Alfven
HUNGARY: Bartok / Kodaly
ROMANIA: Enescu
SPAIN: Albeniz / de Falla / Granados
MEXICO: Ponce
ENGLAND: Elgar / Vaughn-Williams / Parry / Holst
USA: Copland / MacDowell / Ives
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All sources must be credited (any bibliographic format is acceptable, but MLA preferred) and all submissions will be automatically checked for plagiarism using SafeAssign & Turnitin. Any papers found to contain plagiarized content will receive an E for failure (See MOD A Grading Policy and Course Syllabus). This assignment is worth 100 points.
