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Why did Faust go to Hungary? Music and ‘Cultivation of Culture’ in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Geschatte leestijd: 11 minuten In the Habsburg Empire, the Magyars tried to shape their Hungarian identity and to distinguish themselves from other ethnicities. Music became a tool of this ideology of national pride. In this article, Krisztina Lajosi focuses on the idea of national Hungarian music, a nineteenth century concept.