The Nordic Ingredient

Zusatztext

Notions of the Nordic have always been an issue in Norways national identity building, both before and after it became a sovereign state in 1905. Accordingly, Norwegian music has expressed a sense of ambivalence towards being conceived as Nordic from the outside: A strong sense of Norwegianness (forged during the heroic age of cultural nation-building in the 19th century) was challenged by the advent of new, nationalistic currents in the 1930s, which used notions of the Nordic as a political weapon. This book shows how music expresses affirmation and ambivalence towards the Nordic as an ingredient of Norwegian national identity across musical genres. Further, it explores the contingencies of national music and the dramatic changes in 20th-century European political history. At the same time, it sheds new light on the difference between musical nationalism and national music.

Autorenportrait

Prof. Dr. Michael Custodis ist Professor für Musik der Gegenwart und Systematische Musikwissenschaft an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Neben der AuseinanderSetzung mit NS-Kontinuitäten im deutschen Nachkriegsmusikleben arbeitet er u.a. über musiksoziologische Themen, Musik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts sowie Wechselwirkungen zwischen "populärer" und "klassischer" Musik.

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