Renée Vulto is a musicologist and literary scholar interested in the intersections of culture and politics. She mainly focuses on music, sound, and literature in situations of conflict and violence. Having completed her doctoral research at Ghent University, she is currently Assistant Professor in Cultural History at Utrecht University.

• Acknowledgements A Note on Language and Music Introduction: Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period Part I: Activating Political Bodies 1. Songs of the Patriot Citizens 2. Singing an Orangist Counterpoint Part II: Constructing Emotional Bonds 3. Singing Together in Exile 4. The Sound of Revolution Part III: Legitimizing a New Order 5. Songs of a New Batavian Nation 6. Singing on the Stage of European Conflict Conclusions: Listening to Singing Communities Epilogue: Napoleonic Transformations and a Return to the Old Order Bibliography List of Songs List of Tunes List of Illustrations

Renée Vulto is a musicologist and literary scholar interested in the intersections of culture and politics. She mainly focuses on music, sound, and literature in situations of conflict and violence. Having completed her doctoral research at Ghent University, she is currently Assistant Professor in Cultural History at Utrecht University.

• Acknowledgements A Note on Language and Music Introduction: Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period Part I: Activating Political Bodies 1. Songs of the Patriot Citizens 2. Singing an Orangist Counterpoint Part II: Constructing Emotional Bonds 3. Singing Together in Exile 4. The Sound of Revolution Part III: Legitimizing a New Order 5. Songs of a New Batavian Nation 6. Singing on the Stage of European Conflict Conclusions: Listening to Singing Communities Epilogue: Napoleonic Transformations and a Return to the Old Order Bibliography List of Songs List of Tunes List of Illustrations

Renée Vulto is a musicologist and literary scholar interested in the intersections of culture and politics. She mainly focuses on music, sound, and literature in situations of conflict and violence. Having completed her doctoral research at Ghent University, she is currently Assistant Professor in Cultural History at Utrecht University.

• Acknowledgements A Note on Language and Music Introduction: Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period Part I: Activating Political Bodies 1. Songs of the Patriot Citizens 2. Singing an Orangist Counterpoint Part II: Constructing Emotional Bonds 3. Singing Together in Exile 4. The Sound of Revolution Part III: Legitimizing a New Order 5. Songs of a New Batavian Nation 6. Singing on the Stage of European Conflict Conclusions: Listening to Singing Communities Epilogue: Napoleonic Transformations and a Return to the Old Order Bibliography List of Songs List of Tunes List of Illustrations