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The power of song : nonviolent national culture in the Baltic singing revolution / Guntis Šmidchens.

Title
The power of song : nonviolent national culture in the Baltic singing revolution / Guntis Šmidchens.
Author
Šmidchens, Guntis, 1963-
Publication
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2014]

Holdings

Details

Description
x, 446 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
New directions in Scandinavian studies
Uniform Title
  • New directions in Scandinavian studies.
  • Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Choral singing > Political aspects > Baltic States
  • Muisc > Political aspects > Baltic States
  • Music > Political aspects > Baltic States
  • Song festivals > Political aspects > Baltic States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Balts speak to America, July 4, 1998 -- Herder's discovery of Baltic songs -- Three singing nations and their songs -- Songs of warrior nations -- Soviet power versus power of the powerless -- Living within the truth in choral songs -- Living within the truth in rock songs -- Living within the truth in folk songs -- Nonviolent national singing traditions.
ISBN
  • 9780295993102 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0295993103 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2013029860