Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
This book reveals Czech composer Bedřich Smetana as a dynamic figure whose mythology has been rewritten time and again to suit shifting political perspectives.
Bedřich Smetana: Myth, Music, and Propaganda
Frontcover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Smetana Advocacy and Czech Nation-Building -- 2 Smetana, Czechness, and the New German School -- 3 Smetana, Czechness, and Wagner -- 4 Smetana as a Proven Genius -- 5 Writing the Smetana Myth: Historiography and Czec…
Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
The legacy of Bedřich Smetana has become so enmeshed in state ideology under Czechoslovakia's communist regime that little has been written about the composer since the fall of that regime. This book reopens inquiry into Smetana by exploring the earliest scholarship on the compo…
Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
This book reveals Czech composer Bedřich Smetana as a dynamic figure whose mythology has been rewritten time and again to suit shifting political perspectives.
Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
The legacy of Bedřich Smetana has become so enmeshed in state ideology under Czechoslovakia's communist regime that little has been written about the composer since the fall of that regime. This book reopens inquiry into Smetana by exploring the earliest scholarship on the compo…
Bedřich Smetana: myth, music, and propaganda
Interpretations of Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and his music have shifted as frequently as the political contexts in which they were written. This book examines not just Smetana, but also the scholar-politicians who have imagined and reimagined him and his works since the nin…