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Choral Fantasies: Music, Festivity, and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany Minor, Ryan (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
Choral Fantasies: Music, Festivity, and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Minor, Ryan (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
Ryan Minor tells the story of amateur, middle-class choral singing when it took on the characteristics we recognize today. Four case studies focused on individual compositions connect the ideals of participatory choral singing to the national culture of public festivals in nineteenth-century Germany.
284 pages, 2 b/w illus. 37 music examples
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 6, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107543638 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Genre | Aspects (Academic) > Historical |
| Pages | 284 |
| Dimensions | 245 × 173 × 19 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |