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Czech Nationalism in Music: A Study of Smetana’s
Czech Dances, Book 2
for Piano
Author Info
Bennett, Erin K.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1251230010
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2009, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Piano.
Abstract
This document examines Bedrich Smetana’s
Czech Dances, Book 2,
for piano, through the lens of nineteenth‐century Czech nationalism. This work is relatively rare in Smetana’s output for its overt quotation and paraphrasing of Czech folk tunes. The historical background of Czech nationalism is explored, incorporating its cultural antecedents and the conflicts and divisions that resulted as the movement expanded. To examine Smetana’s role in creating a conscious national style, this document will investigate the role of music in contributing to national identity and how “Czechness” is expressed in music. After considering the circumstances surrounding the composition of the
Czech Dances,
the collection will be analyzed for its varied usage of folk material, employing recent scholarship on the fashioning of national music as a framework.
Committee
Jonathan Kregor, PhD (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Pridonoff, MM (Committee Member)
Eugene Pridonoff, MM (Committee Member)
Pages
118 p.
Subject Headings
Music
Keywords
Smetana
;
piano
;
Czech
;
nationalism
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Bennett, E. K. (2009).
Czech Nationalism in Music: A Study of Smetana’s
Czech Dances, Book 2
for Piano
[Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1251230010
APA Style (7th edition)
Bennett, Erin.
Czech Nationalism in Music: A Study of Smetana’s
Czech Dances, Book 2
for Piano.
2009. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1251230010.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Bennett, Erin. "Czech Nationalism in Music: A Study of Smetana’s
Czech Dances, Book 2
for Piano." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1251230010
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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Czech Nationalism in Music: A Study of Smetana’s
Czech Dances, Book 2
for Piano by Erin K. Bennett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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