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NineteenthCentury
Nationalism
Art and music emphasized nationalist feelings
Celebration of the unique culture of the nation
Attempt to forge national unity, shared identity
We’re all Englishmen, or French, or
Hungarians…
Intended message: What does it mean to be
English? We’re not French.
Who are the Hungarians? We’re not Austrian.
Defined themselves against some other nation, a
negative identity
Put aside other loyalties like class or politics
Unite around the nation
Emphasis on nation’s history
Natural landscape
Military victories
Folklore
To stir the nationalist soul within
 Review the view pieces of art here
 Feel free to search for more
 Listen to the music
 Consider how each was part of the nationalist agenda
 19th century
painting
 Depicts
Welshmen
escaping a
massacre by the
English king in
the 14th century
 Celebration of
the French
Revolution of
1830
 Over the
Bourbon
monarchy
Celebration of the
Norwegian
countryside
Celebration and
justification for
Manifest Destiny,
the American idea
that God Himself
blessed the
westward expansion
of the United States
Giuseppe, leader of
the Red Shirts, with
what he hoped
would be a new flag
of a new unified
Italy
 Monuments part
of nationalism,
too
 Celebrating past
heroes to forge a
sense of unity
today
 Flags were another
nationalist agenda
 Hungarian flag
 Tri-color to resemble
the principles of the
French Revolution
and republicanism
 But with colors
specific to the
Hungarian coat of
arms
 Nationalist composers involved too
 Wrote music specifically to celebrate the nation
 Music was no longer interchangeable
 It deliberately sounded like the nation the composer was
from
Nationalist music, like art, celebrated the nation’s culture
Folk dances infused into music
Celebration of military victories of the past
Evoked a sense of national pride in the listener
 John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever
 Celebration of the rise of American greatness in the late
nineteenth century
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=3FYS8f9xGF0
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture
Celebrated Russian victory over Napoleon in 1812
Appeal to Russian national identity
Very long piece, but definitely listen to the first two minutes
(traditional Russian sounds)
And from 12:45 to the end (the Russian victory), complete
with cannon blasts
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=-BbT0E990IQ