- Title Pages
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- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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1 Use, the Useful, and Public Utility -
2 Reinscribing the Revolutionary Legacy -
3 Music as Political Culture -
4 Regenerating National Pride -
5 Imagining a New Nation through Music -
6 An Ideology of Diversity, Eclecticism, and Pleasure -
7 Musical Hybridity and the Challenges of Colonialism -
8 Useful Distractions and Economic Liberalism in the Belle Epoque -
9 Music as Resistance and an Emerging Avant-garde -
10 The Symbolic Utility of Music at the 1889 Universal Exhibition -
11 New Alliances and New Music -
12 The Dynamics of Identity and the Struggle for Distinction - Coda
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Appendix A. Important Political and Musical Events In the Early Third Republic -
Appendix B. References in MéNestrelTo Performances of FrenchOpERaS Abroad, 1872–1888 -
Appendix C. Selected Publications On Revolutionary Music After 1870 - Illustrations
- Musical Examples
- Index
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The Symbolic Utility of Music at the 1889 Universal Exhibition
The Symbolic Utility of Music at the 1889 Universal Exhibition
- Chapter:
- (p.547) 10 The Symbolic Utility of Music at the 1889 Universal Exhibition
- Source:
- Composing the Citizen
- Author(s):
Jann Pasler
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter takes a look at symbolic unity and the contribution of music to the 1889 Universal Exhibition. This exhibition testified to the power of liberal republicanism, confirmed the value of diversity and eclecticism, and linked commerce with national glory. The chapter also studies the utility of exotic music and reviews the contribution of the 1889 exhibition.
Keywords: symbolic unity, 1889 Universal Exhibition, liberal republicanism, diversity, eclecticism, national glory, commerce, exotic music
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- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
1 Use, the Useful, and Public Utility -
2 Reinscribing the Revolutionary Legacy -
3 Music as Political Culture -
4 Regenerating National Pride -
5 Imagining a New Nation through Music -
6 An Ideology of Diversity, Eclecticism, and Pleasure -
7 Musical Hybridity and the Challenges of Colonialism -
8 Useful Distractions and Economic Liberalism in the Belle Epoque -
9 Music as Resistance and an Emerging Avant-garde -
10 The Symbolic Utility of Music at the 1889 Universal Exhibition -
11 New Alliances and New Music -
12 The Dynamics of Identity and the Struggle for Distinction - Coda
-
Appendix A. Important Political and Musical Events In the Early Third Republic -
Appendix B. References in MéNestrelTo Performances of FrenchOpERaS Abroad, 1872–1888 -
Appendix C. Selected Publications On Revolutionary Music After 1870 - Illustrations
- Musical Examples
- Index
- [UNTITLED]
