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Jón Leifs and the musical invention of Iceland /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Árni Heimir Ingólfsson (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Series:Music, nature, place.
Subjects:
Jón Leifs.
Jón Leifs > Criticism and interpretation.
Composers > Iceland > Biography.
Music > Iceland > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The land without music (1899-1916)
  • Years of study (1916-1921)
  • Composer and conductor (1921-1929)
  • Leifs and the elements of an Icelandic style
  • Icelandic nation-building and the 1930 Alþingi Festival (1929-1933)
  • "This music belongs to us" (1933-1937)
  • Dinosaurs in Berlin (1937-1944)
  • Guilt and retribution (1944-1955)
  • The final years (1955-1968)
  • Postlude: revival and influence
  • Appendix: list of Jón Leifs's completed works.