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Nordic National Romanticism:

Upper-level Survey Course Fall 2010

Instructor: Associate Professor Cynthia M. Grund

 

 

Links to:

 

 

Suggestions for background reading.

  • Starred selections will most likely end up as part of the syllabus for "valgfag."
  • All suggested background material is available free of charge on the Internet.

   

 

Compact introductions to

 

Romanticism in general:

 

    • Article on Romanticism: Online Encyclopedia Britannica

http://search.eb.com.proxy1-bib.sdu.dk:2048/eb/article-9083836

 

    • Wikipedia article on Romanticism (This is an excellent introductory article. )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism

 

 

National Romanticism in general:

 

    • Collection of articles from online Encyclopedia Britannica.

http://search.eb.com.proxy1-bib.sdu.dk:2048/search?query=National+Romanticism

   

 

Books and selections from books (available from SDU E-brary; please see links provided):

 

    • *Introducing Romanticism - Note: Please do not be deceived by the "illustrated novel" format of this book! It is a concentrated, very content-rich introduction to the subject whose post-modern presentational form is actually quite effective in providing an overview of the topic as well as key concepts and idea-historical background.
      Heath, Duncan (Author) Boreham, Judy (Author)


Pages: 178
Publisher: Totem Books
Released: 1999
Language: en

LC Call Number: PN56.R7 -- H43 2000eb
ISBN: 9781840460094 9781840464450
Dewey Decimal Number:
Subjects: Romanticism.   Semiotics.  

 

http://site.ebrary.com.proxy1-bib.sdu.dk:2048/lib/sdub/docDetail.action?docID=10152512

 

 

  • *Nordic Art Music : From the Middle Ages to the Third Millennium
    Smith, Frederick Key (Author)

    Chapter 3: Nordic Romanticism. Pp  31-52


     
    Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
    Released: 2002
    Language: en
    Pages (for entire book): 213


LC Call Number: ML310 -- .S65 2002eb
ISBN: 9780275973995 9780313012174
Dewey Decimal Number: 780/.948

http://site.ebrary.com.proxy1-bib.sdu.dk:2048/lib/sdub/docDetail.action?docID=10040761

 

  

Musical performances (more on the way):

 

  • The first  part of H.C. Andersen Guest Professor William Westney's concert as recorded at Alsion on the SDU campus in Sųnderborg on Novėmber 22, 2009 for broadcast in southern Denmark and northern Germany contains material of relevance to this course. For pdf-version of concert program, see here. The selections played before intermission are illustrative. Please listen carefully to the Haydn, and note that in spite of its Classicism, the theme of the second movement seems clearly to signal things to come in Romanticism; the Fauré selections are clear examples of Romanticism ripened to post-Romanticism, whereas Liszt's Mephisto Waltz is as clear an example of front-line-and-center Romanticism as one could wish. Professor Westney gives short lectures about each selection, so please pay attention, particularly to the one on the The Mephisto Waltz (26:26) in light of the characterization of Romanticism provided by the Encyclopedia Britannica quote in description of this course. Hear and see the concert on:

http://www.aabenraa-lokal-tv.dk/wp/2010/01/04/2723/

 

 

Websites devoted to aspects of Nordic National Romanticism (more on the way):

 

  • Nordic National Landscape Painting 1840-1910

http://www.artsmia.org/mirror-of-nature/

 

  • National Romanticism in Finnish Architecture 

http://www.uta.fi/FAST/FIN/CULT/sp-natro.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 Institute of Philosophy,

Education and the Study

of Religions

 

Research Director for

The Aesthetics of

Music and Sound:

and

Editor and Webmaster for

www.soundmusicresearch.org:

Cynthia M. Grund

cmgrund@ifpr.sdu.dk

 

 

Updates

 

 

June 30, 2010: NordForsk awards a grant of 571,239 Norwegian kroner to NNIMIPA for 2010-2013.

The Nordic Network for the Integration of Music Informatics, Performance and Aesthetics (NNIMIPA - www.nnimipa.org) becomes a research network under NordForsk (www.nordforsk.org) on September 1, 2010. Nordforsk contacted chief applicant Cynthia M. Grund on June 30 to announce the award of 571,239 Norwegian kroner (ca. 535,000 Danish kroner/88,000 US dollars) for 2010-2013. The decision was made by the director of NordForsk following an evaluation carried out by a panel of independent experts.

 

June 23,2010: Summary report chronicling William Westney's tenure as HCA-Academy Guest Professor at SDU now available on the menu tab "HCA Professor 2009-10" here on this site. As the summary report indicates, William Westney's presence as HCA-Academy Guest Professor has put its very exciting imprimatur on many of the acitivities within The Aesthetics of Music and Sound this year, and a heartfelt "thank you" goes to Professor Westney for all he has done to enrich the program. To see all that has transpired - also those activities and events without direct relation to the guest professorship - please see the calendar available on the "Events/Calendar" menu tab on this site (on the calendar itself, click the leftward-pointing arrow next to "Today.")

  Now the summer university break is soon upon us, but please keep an eye out for upcoming events and activities within The Aesthetics of Music and Sound on both the "Preview" and "Events/Calendar" menu tabs.

  The Aesthetics of Music and Sound wishes everyone a happy, healthy summer filled with wonderful music and sounds!

 

June 13, 2010:  Preview tab added to the site's menu bar in order to inform about upcoming events, also those for which a date has yet to be fixed.

  For all that has gone on in May 2010 and previously, please see "Archive for 'Updates' " below and the calendar available on the menu tab "Events/Calendar."

 

May 31, 2010:  For details on the June 2, 2010 Seminar on meaning formation in music from the perspectives of multi-modality and functional linguistics  at SDU with William Westney and Cynthia M. Grund, please see here.

 

Archive

for "Updates": Click here.

 

(Includes the description of the SDU-IFPR research program The Aesthetics of Music and Sound which initially appeared online in Danish as Musikkens og Lydens Aestetik during the fall of 2006.)


 

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