RT Journal Article
T1 National Anthems in the Nineteenth Century: Honour Anthems versus Revolutionary Anthems
A1 Nagore Ferrer, María
AB In the nineteenth century, national anthems became a growing necessity for many territories which defended their borders, fought for their independence or were immersed in a process of national construction. Some of these anthems were originally songs with which the people were identified. This is the case of two of the most famous, both born in the eighteenth century: the British “God save the King/Queen” and the French “La Marseillaise”. The popularity of these two anthems in the nineteenth century turns them into models, provided with different meanings: “God save the King”, a solemn song linked to the crown, will be an aesthetic-symbolic reference for some anthems in homage style. The Marseillaise, meanwhile, with a lively rhythm of march associated with war, will represent the model of revolutionary and patriotic song that will be adopted by some nations, but also will be assumed by liberal and socialist movements in Europe. In this chapter we will make a comparative analysis of these songs through the study of some of the musical topics which define their style and which help determine their meaning at a specific time and place. So that it can then be ascertained to what extent the emotional content of the music itself reinforces that symbolic meaning.
PB Palgrave MacMillan
SN 9783031416439
SN 9783031416446
SN 2946-5133
SN 2946-5141
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130694
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130694
LA eng
NO Nagore-Ferrer, M. (2024). National Anthems in the Nineteenth Century: Honour Anthems versus Revolutionary Anthems. In: Moreno-Luzón, J., Nagore-Ferrer, M. (eds) Music, Words, and Nationalism. Palgrave Studies in Music and Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41644-6_3
DS Docta Complutense
RD 20 mar 2026