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Bedřich Smetana : myth, music, and propaganda /

Interpretations of Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and his music have shifted as frequently as the political contexts in which they were written. This book examines not just Smetana, but also the scholar-politicians who have imagined and reimagined him and his works since the nineteenth century. Dur...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: St. Pierre, Kelly (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2017.
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 139.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Smetana advocacy and Czech nation-building
  • Smetana, Czechness, and the New German School
  • Smetana, Czechness, and Wagner
  • Smetana as a proven genius
  • Writing the Smetana myth
  • Historiography and Czechness
  • Conclusion.