Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Music of the 19th Century

http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory39.htm

This site contains essays on topics related to romanticism, orientalism and nationalism with references to significant composers in each movement.

Russian Nationalism in Music

http://members.tripod.com/~dorakmt/music/national.html

This site provides an online essay concerning the roots and development of nationalism in Russian music, starting with the Romantic period.

Music and Nationalism

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/NATMUSIC.html

The Modern History Sourcebook provides a concise discussion of Nationalism in 19^th Century music, with examples cited from artists of various European countries.

Using the websites provided above, answer the following questions.

1			Who were the Russian five? What cultural and political factors inspired them?
2			What other Eastern European composers were inspired by nationalism, and, what political or cultural factors inspired them?
3			Which Western European composers could be said to have composed nationalistic music?