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Revolutionary music
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1. Introduction

“Revolutionary music” in a general sense denotes music functionally related to revolutionary events (Revolution). In a narrower sense, it refers to music of the French Revolution (1789), which has rightly been called a “media revolution” [6. 99]. The Reformation already recognized the importance of music for propaganda purposes, and used it accordingly, but the French Revolution was the first overtly political event …

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Siegert, Christine, “Revolutionary music”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 03 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_026692>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20210601



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