Music, Words, and Nationalism

Javier Moreno-Luzón is Professor of Political History at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He is a specialist in the political life of Modern Spain. He has published several books in English including: Modernizing the Nation: Spain during the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931 (2012); Metaphors of Spain: Representations of Spanish National Identity in the 20th Century (with Xosé M. Núñez Seixas, eds., 2017); and The Politics of Representation: Elections and Parliamentarism in Portugal and Spain, 1875–1926 (with Pedro Tavares de Almeida, eds., 2017).María Nagore-Ferrer is Associate Professor in Musicology at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Her main area of research is Spanish music in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is the author of several books, including La revolución coral (2001) and Sarasate, el violín de Europa (2013), as well as numerous articles published in national and internationaljournals.

• 1. Introduction.- Section I: General Perspectives.- “National Anthems in the Nineteenth-Century: Honor Anthems vs. Revolutionary Anthems”.- 2. “What to Sing? Anthems and the Problems of National Building”.- 3. “A Connected History of Republican Anthems: Independence, Decolonization and Nationalism”.- 4. “The Voices of the Nation. The Form and Content of National Anthems”.- 5. “Resounding Nations: Anthems in Europe at War (1936-1945)”.- 6. “Songs of Redemption: A Comparison of the Anthems of European Substate Nationalisms in the Long Twentieth Century”.- Section II Case Studies.- “The National Anthem’s Moment”.- 7. “Globalization of the National Anthem: The Case of Japan and the Japanese Empire in Asia.- 8. “Displaced national anthems: An Example from Iran”.- 9. “Anthems in Schools: Negotiating National and Youth Identities in a Bilingual Florida Elementary School”.