Nationalism in 1848 Through Music: Giuseppe Verdi, Dvorak, Smetna, Sibelius and Vaughan Williams
With the advent of the revolutions of 1848 throughout Europe, the idea of national pride and collective identities began to take a radical shift. Prior to the revolution, a state was described as a reflection of the history of its monarch’s and respective aristocracy, its spiritual belief system, and the two being championed in … Read more