Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period

Renée Vulto (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

268 Seiten

2024
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6372-739-6 (ISBN)

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Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period sheds new light on the intertwined history of music and politics by exploring Dutch political songs. In the emotionally charged climate of the Dutch revolutionary period at the close of the eighteenth century, songs became a powerful medium, speaking directly to people’s bodies to engage them in political action. Emphasizing the performative nature of the songs and the interplay between imagination and embodied expression in singing practices, this book shows how beyond merely creating communities, the songs were also instrumental in mobilizing, imagining, and affirming these collectives. It uncovers the diverse roles of these songs, showing how they were used both to polarize and to unite, to mourn and to celebrate. They were employed to imagine and to embody togetherness throughout the Dutch revolutionary period, thereby creating a fixed repertoire of feelings on which various political regimes of that time relied.

Renée Vulto is a musicologist and literary scholar interested in the intersections of culture and politics. She mainly focuses on music, sound, and literature in situations of conflict and violence. Having completed her doctoral research at Ghent University, she is currently Assistant Professor in Cultural History at Utrecht University.

Acknowledgements
A Note on Language and Music
Introduction: Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period
Part I: Activating Political Bodies
1. Songs of the Patriot Citizens
2. Singing an Orangist Counterpoint
Part II: Constructing Emotional Bonds
3. Singing Together in Exile
4. The Sound of Revolution
Part III: Legitimizing a New Order
5. Songs of a New Batavian Nation
6. Singing on the Stage of European Conflict
Conclusions: Listening to Singing Communities
Epilogue: Napoleonic Transformations and a Return to the Old Order
Bibliography
List of Songs
List of Tunes
List of Illustrations

Erscheinungsdatum	22.08.2024
Reihe/Serie	Song Studies
Zusatzinfo	4 Illustrations, color; 38 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	94-6372-739-6 / 9463727396
ISBN-13	978-94-6372-739-6 / 9789463727396
Zustand	Neuware