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Music and Nationalism (What is a Nation? (A Nation is not (Tied to…

- - - - Ireland
    - - UK
    - - Indonesia
- - - - Survival, rather than origins, is of primary importance
      - Blurred borders cut through places where languages are insecure
      - Symbols of cosmopolitanism proliferate in music, but generate a sense of loss
    - - Festival choruses claim mixed local and regioal membership
      - Minorities, especially from outside national borders, display commonality
      - Emphasis is placed on the size of ensembles
  - - - The national language is treated as distinctive
      - The generation of national culture itself is realised through symbols of reproduction
      - Metaphors stress the origin of the Nation, particularly in nature
    - - Festivals emphasise local choruses
      - Pageants arise from local performances
      - Individual musicians are presented as creative, particularly within oral tradition
- - - - Gypsy scale
      - Ornamented melodies
      - Dotted rhythms
      - Syncopated accompaniment figures
      - Drones in harmony