Medieval Music and Czech National Identity

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009168663" target="_blank" >10.1017/9781009168663</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Medieval Music and Czech National Identity

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This chapter explores how five medieval religious songs with Czech texts transformed into prominent musical signifiers of national identity in the nineteenth century. These songs have largely retained their ideological significance into the present. The following pages focus on the songs Hospodine, pomiluj ny (“Lord, Have Mercy upon Us”), Buoh všemohúcí (“God Almighty”), Svatý Václave (“Saint Wenceslas”), Jezu Kriste, ščedrý kněže (“Jesus Christ, O Bounteous Priest”), and Ktož jsú boží bojovníci (“You Who Are the Warriors of God”). These samples of medieval sacred music gradually shed their predominantly religious functions to become prominent symbols of Czechness in music. As such, they have been discussed by generations of Czech musicologists and critics. These songs reflect both medieval and modern Czech cultural history. In the nineteenthcentury, incorporating these songs into new works was associated with the rise of Czech nationalism, illustrating how modern ethnocentric Czech identity is rooted in ancient traditions dating back to the Middle Ages.This chapter presented the reception of prominent medieval songs from various perspectives. For many centuries, these songs have mirrored social and political developments in the Czech lands. In particular, the reception of these songs delineates the shift in the predominant modes of community identification among the inhabitants of what is now the Czech lands from a focus on religion, region, and the state to one centered on language and ethnicity. The widespread practice of repurposing these songs in later compositions gained prominence in the nineteenth century and continuesuntil the present day. The incorporation of these ancient Czech songs in newer composition remains, and undoubtedly will continue to be, an important technique through which Czech composers infuse their works with national identity.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Medieval Music and Czech National Identity

Popis výsledku anglicky

This chapter explores how five medieval religious songs with Czech texts transformed into prominent musical signifiers of national identity in the nineteenth century. These songs have largely retained their ideological significance into the present. The following pages focus on the songs Hospodine, pomiluj ny (“Lord, Have Mercy upon Us”), Buoh všemohúcí (“God Almighty”), Svatý Václave (“Saint Wenceslas”), Jezu Kriste, ščedrý kněže (“Jesus Christ, O Bounteous Priest”), and Ktož jsú boží bojovníci (“You Who Are the Warriors of God”). These samples of medieval sacred music gradually shed their predominantly religious functions to become prominent symbols of Czechness in music. As such, they have been discussed by generations of Czech musicologists and critics. These songs reflect both medieval and modern Czech cultural history. In the nineteenthcentury, incorporating these songs into new works was associated with the rise of Czech nationalism, illustrating how modern ethnocentric Czech identity is rooted in ancient traditions dating back to the Middle Ages.This chapter presented the reception of prominent medieval songs from various perspectives. For many centuries, these songs have mirrored social and political developments in the Czech lands. In particular, the reception of these songs delineates the shift in the predominant modes of community identification among the inhabitants of what is now the Czech lands from a focus on religion, region, and the state to one centered on language and ethnicity. The widespread practice of repurposing these songs in later compositions gained prominence in the nineteenth century and continuesuntil the present day. The incorporation of these ancient Czech songs in newer composition remains, and undoubtedly will continue to be, an important technique through which Czech composers infuse their works with national identity.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60403 - Performing arts studies (Musicology, Theater science, Dramaturgy)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

A History of Music in the Czech Lands

ISBN

978-1-009-16865-6

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

25-38

Počet stran knihy

532

Název nakladatele

Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Místo vydání

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Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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