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Transcript: What is Musical Nationalism? the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country, region, or ethnicity folk tunes and melodies, rhythms, and harmonies inspired by the tradition of that nation can also include the use of folklore as a basis for programmatic works including opera. emerged part way into the Romantic era Musical Schools of Nationalism He regarded Henry Purcell as the greatest He said that he had learned much of his own technique from studying Hubert Parry's writings. In Elgar's chromaticism, the influence of Wagner is apparent Russian composer of the Romantic era symphonies, operas, ballets, instrumental, chamber music and songs including the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture , and the opera Eugene Onegin wide range of harmony use of the whole tone scale experimented occasionally with unusual meters Music inspired by: Bohemian folk songs, dances, and legends What is Neoclassicism in music? - twentieth-century, between the two World Wars - composers wanted to return to the musical principles associated with "classicism" such as: order, balance, clarity, economy, and emotional restraint -two distinct national lines: German and French Neoclassicism Got rid of: "story-and-picture" Bach Handel Vivaldi Pergolesi Wanted to achieve: balance control France -Stravinsky (Russian Composer): pianist, conductor and composer -known for experimenting with rhythm and new instrument combinations -explores percussive use of dissonance, polyrhythms, and polytonality. Germany: -Paul Hindemith: violin -wrote opera, ballets, chamber music, sonata's for violin, chorals, string quartetes -known for his unique polyphonic style THE END! known for "Pomp and Circumstance" Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) Edward Elgar (1857-1934) mostly influenced Handel, Dvořárak,and to some degree, Brahms (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr Hungary Franz Liszt San Francisco England Poland United States Stockholm Mexico Neoclassicism & Nationalism (cc) photo by jimmyharris on Flickr Bedrřich Smetana (1824-1884) (cc) photo by Franco Folini on Flickr Aaron Copland (1900-1990) dsjfpjpjp Charles Edward Ives (1874–1954) Czech Republic Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Research Spain Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Russia Norway (cc) photo by Metro Centric on Flickr Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) Important Details Modest Murogsky (1839-1881)