Choral Societies and Nationalism in Europe

Choral Societies and Nationalism in Europe is a pioneering exploration of the role of singing societies in nineteenth-century nation-building. The wide-ranging essays in this volume address both the national and transnational implications of organized communal singing.

Krisztina Lajosi is Assistant Professor in the Department of European Studies at the University of Amsterdam, where her Ph.D. in cultural history examined the role of operas in nation-building movements in East-Central Europe. She is the coordinator of a research project supported by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences exploring the transnational ramifications of European national styles in music.Andreas Stynen is a researcher at the Antwerp-based ADVN – the Archives and Documentation Center for Flemish Nationalism. He obtained a Ph.D. in history from Leuven University with a study of nineteenth-century visions of nature and cities. His publications include titles on the collective memory of national movements, trans-Atlantic migration, and popular music. He is also editorial secretary ofStudies on National Movements, online journal of NISE (National movements and Intermediary Structures in Europe)