Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) was a theologian, philosopher, ethnographer, and historian of the late Enlightenment, whose writings on music have been widely influential during the two centuries since his death. Philip V. Bohlman is Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago, where he is also Artistic Director of the ensemble-in-residence, The New Budapest Orpheum Society.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on the TextNote on Translation and CommentaryPrologue: Again, HerderPART I. THE ONTOLOGY PROJECT1. Folk Song at the Beginnings of National History: Essay on Alte Volkslieder (1774)Translation from Alte Volkslieder / Ancient Folk Songs2. The Folk Song Project at the Confluence of Music and Nationalism: Essay on Volkslieder (1778/79) and Stimmen der Völker in Liedern (1807)Translation from Volkslieder and Stimmen der Völker in Liedern / Folk Songs and Voices of the People in SongAppendix A: Introduction to the Folk Song TextsAppendix B: Translation from the Folk Song Texts3. Singing the Sacred Body: Essay on Lieder der Liebe (1778)Translation from Lieder der Liebe: Die ältesten und schönsten aus Morgenlande / Songs of Love: The Oldest and Most Beautiful from the OrientPART II. THE HISTORY PROJECT4. The Nation and Its Fragments: Essay on “Briefwechsel u¨ber Ossian und die Lieder alter Völker” (1773)Translation from “Briefwechsel u¨ber Ossian und die Lieder alter Völker” / “Correspondence about Ossian and the Songs of Ancient Peoples”5. Songs of the Enlightenment Bard: Essay on “Homer und Ossian” (1794)Translation of “Homer und Ossian” / “Homer and Ossian” 6. Redemption through Sacred Song: Essay on Letter 46, Theologische Schriften (1780/81)Translation of Letter 46, Theologische Schriften / Theological WritingsPART III. THE NATION PROJECT7. The Shores of Modernity: Essay on “Wirkung der Dichtkunst auf die Sitten neuerer Zeiten” (1777)Translation from “Wirkung der Dichtkunst auf die Sitten neuerer Zeiten” / “The Influence of Poetry on the Customs of Modernity”8. The Epic as Nation: Essay on Herder’s Der Cid Translation from Der Cid / The Cid9. Music Transcendent and Sublime: Herder’s “Von Music” (1800)Translation of “Von Musik” / “On Music”Epilogue: Herder’s JourneyNotesBibliographyIndex

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) was a theologian, philosopher, ethnographer, and historian of the late Enlightenment, whose writings on music have been widely influential during the two centuries since his death. Philip V. Bohlman is Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago, where he is also Artistic Director of the ensemble-in-residence, The New Budapest Orpheum Society.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNote on the TextNote on Translation and CommentaryPrologue: Again, HerderPART I. THE ONTOLOGY PROJECT1. Folk Song at the Beginnings of National History: Essay on Alte Volkslieder (1774)Translation from Alte Volkslieder / Ancient Folk Songs2. The Folk Song Project at the Confluence of Music and Nationalism: Essay on Volkslieder (1778/79) and Stimmen der Völker in Liedern (1807)Translation from Volkslieder and Stimmen der Völker in Liedern / Folk Songs and Voices of the People in SongAppendix A: Introduction to the Folk Song TextsAppendix B: Translation from the Folk Song Texts3. Singing the Sacred Body: Essay on Lieder der Liebe (1778)Translation from Lieder der Liebe: Die ältesten und schönsten aus Morgenlande / Songs of Love: The Oldest and Most Beautiful from the OrientPART II. THE HISTORY PROJECT4. The Nation and Its Fragments: Essay on “Briefwechsel u¨ber Ossian und die Lieder alter Völker” (1773)Translation from “Briefwechsel u¨ber Ossian und die Lieder alter Völker” / “Correspondence about Ossian and the Songs of Ancient Peoples”5. Songs of the Enlightenment Bard: Essay on “Homer und Ossian” (1794)Translation of “Homer und Ossian” / “Homer and Ossian” 6. Redemption through Sacred Song: Essay on Letter 46, Theologische Schriften (1780/81)Translation of Letter 46, Theologische Schriften / Theological WritingsPART III. THE NATION PROJECT7. The Shores of Modernity: Essay on “Wirkung der Dichtkunst auf die Sitten neuerer Zeiten” (1777)Translation from “Wirkung der Dichtkunst auf die Sitten neuerer Zeiten” / “The Influence of Poetry on the Customs of Modernity”8. The Epic as Nation: Essay on Herder’s Der Cid Translation from Der Cid / The Cid9. Music Transcendent and Sublime: Herder’s “Von Music” (1800)Translation of “Von Musik” / “On Music”Epilogue: Herder’s JourneyNotesBibliographyIndex