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Music 271: 3/19/07II: Post-Romanticism in Europe, c1850-1914 (Start of WWI): A: The break down of the previous consensus concerning musical style:• Historical period = consensus concerning music (performance practices, purpose, etc.)• GB p. 30• 2 conflicting perceptions of place and purpose in music:• Germanic Romanticism vs. Nationalism B: The Emergence of European Nationalism• Has continued to present day• No one nation sets the standard anymore• Reaction to political and cultural domination by Germany over Central Europe• Italy and Central Europe were primary areas before WWI• Reaction to the power structure in Europe (Bonds p. 385)• Music that was based upon the composers vision of his/her society/history/culture/values/literature in the composer’s first language• New compositions emerging based on subject material from the composers region• Dance rhythms are one way in which Nationalism can be expressed• GB p. 62, Bonds p. 494, 491III: The concept of program music of the Romantic and Post-Romantic periods: A: The principal orchestral genre of program music: the Symphonic or Tone Poem (Symphonische Dichtung, Ton Dichtung):• Franz Liszt coined the term Symphonic Poem in Hungarian, not German• Primary means of projecting Nationalism• Exclusively Instrumental music• Program Music: compositions intended by their composers to depict a story, narrative, series of events, sequence of thoughts, purely by means of instrumental music