Song Loves the Masses: Herder on Music and Nationalism

by J.G. Herder and Johann Gottfried Herder

Distinguished ethnomusicologist Philip V. Bohlman compiles Johann Gottfried Herder's writings on music and nationalism, from his early volumes of Volkslieder through sacred song to the essays on aesthetics late in his life, shaping them as the book on music that Herder would have written had he gathered the many strands of his musical thought into a single publication. Framed by analytical chapters and extensive introductions to each translation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520234944
• ISBN13: 9780520234949
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"