AnAmericanComposer Posted June 12, 2016 Posted June 12, 2016 Hello! I am a classical-themed YouTuber with a rather large following, and I have lately been doing biographical-style videos on different composers, but wanted to change things up a bit. Music has been being used by political parties to forward their agenda for centuries, and I wanted to showcase some music, discuss the composition of the works, what specifically they were appealing to, and compare their themes and moods with each other. I so far have begun compiling music from the USSR, Nazi Germany, colonial America (both northern and confederate), North Korea. Could anyone point me in the direction of particularly striking nationalist / otherwise-political music you've ever encountered? I'll include a link to the video when I'm done, but it may take a couple weeks to finish! Thank you very much. Either respond here, or (for quicker response) please email me at [email protected] Evan Bennet / AnAmericanComposer 1
luxfelix Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 Other than anthems in general (and La Marseillaise or Let Freedom Ring/God Save the King in particular), it might be interesting to examine music which did not start political, as in the Ode to Joy or the Beautiful Blue Danube.
AccuTron Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 Some years back, I was curious about the Communist theme song, The International, it's origins, etc. I found a page...dead link now...with many versions listed. Of note: various Soviet orchestral versions, whereby Moscow always had the best performance. A Russian a cappella version. A Tuvan throat singing version... Tuvan - Tuvan Internationale by Huun Huur Tu - YouTube And these rock versions by Tang Dynasty. Internationale - Tang Dynasty - YouTube Chinese Internationale - Rock version by Tang Dynasty - YouTube (same music, different video) This reminds me of Queen, in it's rock style with choir. The rhythms and choir make me imagine a video, seen from next to a railroad track, in arid terrain, featuring a completely bronze steam locomotive, with the band playing on a flatcar, and svelte Chinese flying Valkyries dressed in long black with silver trim, flying in front. The train suddenly is in a football stadium, steaming but moving slow, and other flatcars full of international people step off onto the field, and they all move to the far goal line, standing toes on the line, all singing, and the very last sounds of the music are the Valkyries sighing as they lightly land in the goal zone.
aviet Posted June 13, 2016 Posted June 13, 2016 Are you only doing classical music? [if so only the last video is relevant] If you are covering nationalist music, you have to cover Serbia, the global epicenter of triumphantism and nationalism.This is called: Srpska Granata by Perica Ivanovichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEWJVWiWMQSome others:Serbia Strong (not sure what the real name is, also known as Remove Kebab)By Roki Vulovic:Mlada Srpska Garda (Young Serbian Guard)Generale, Generale (General, General)Panteri (Panthers)Hvala ti Arkane (Thank You Arkan) ****Classical: Name and lyrics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oj_Kosovo,_Kosovo
tasmlab Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 I recently did a podcast on American nationalism and spent time looking for Patriotic songs sung in elementary school. My biggest "OMG" moment was discovering Toby Keith and his crazy super-nationalist stuff. Like all country music. Might not help if you are just looking for symphonic music. (My podcast on it if interested: http://fivehundredyears.org/the-f-word-in-america-part-ii-the-new-england-patriots-suck/
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