Choral societies and nationalism in Europe / edited by Krisztina Lajosi, Andreas Stynen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 German Influences; Chapter 2 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century France; Chapter 3 Song in the Service of Politics and the Building of Norway; Chapter 4 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 5 Fighting Choirs; Chapter 6 The Large-Scale Oratorio Chorus in Nineteenth-Century England; Chapter 7 National Art and Local Sociability; Chapter 8 The Choir Scene in Flemish Belgium in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century.

Chapter 9 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in the Basque CountryChapter 10 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Catalonia, 1850-1930; Chapter 11 "By Means of Singing to the Heart, by Means of Heart to the Homeland"; Chapter 12 Collapsing Stages and Standing Ovations; Chapter 13 Choral Societies and National Mobilization in the Serbian (Inter)national Network; Chapter 14 Choral Societies and National Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century Bulgaria; Bibliography; Index.

Choral Societies and Nationalism in Europe is a pioneering exploration of the role of singing societies in nineteenth-century nation-building. The wide-ranging essays in this volume address both the national and transnational implications of organized communal singing.

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