Appearance of Czechoslovakia on the Global Stage in 1918 : Realization of Nationalist Political and Musical Dreams -- The Revolution of 1848 and the Intensification of Nationalist Sentiments in Politics and Music, 1848-1881 -- Emergence of a Global Framework : New Directions in Politics and New Horizons in Music, 1881-1901 -- Pressures from the Outside European World and the Czech Response in Politics and Music, 1901-1914 -- The War Years : Divided Political Loyalties and War Themes in Music, 1914-1918 -- New Directions for Czechoslovakia: Nationally Rooted Musical Commemorations of the War and Globally Inspired New Political Architecture, 1918-1922 -- Final Conclusion.
Summary:
"This book characterizes the 1918-22 formation of Czechoslovakia as an effect of political and musical expressions. The authors argue that while national factors were the most powerful in the period between the 1848 Revolution and the 1880s, global movements such as modernism and western support became predominant in the early twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.
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