MUAR 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Maurice Ravel, Viktor Hartmann, Quintuple Meter
19 Nov 2016
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Political freedoms associated with the revolutionary spirit not a reality but an ideal. By 1848, many of the early romantic composers were starting to die e. g. mendelssohn, chopin, schumann, etc. After 1848, romanticism lived on in the form of nationalism and nostalgia. Greater awareness for unique national sensibilities and distinct/local artistic heritages throughout europe. Newfound desire to express nationalism in music. Through incorporating national folk music into songs, operas, and symphonic music. Through depicting national landmarks and political heroes programmatically. Nationalism - when a composer seeks to convey certain distinct attributes associated with her/his homeland. Music that rouses patriotism, pride in one"s homeland. A composers" collective determined to make authentic russian music and using folk songs. Son of wealthy land owner; trained as a military cadet. Didn"t have the benefit of musical training; a self-taught composer seeking to create distinctly russian music. Fellow composer and mighty five member, rimsky-korsakov a trained composer helped musorgsky with orchestration and promoted.
