Music and Nationalism in 20th-century Great Britain and

Edited by Tomi Makela

These essays are based on papers given at a symposion of the Finnish Institute, London (December 14-15, 1992)

von Bockel Verlag Hamburg 1997 Contents

Editorial

Nationality and Nationalism in the Arts

Towards a Theory of Internationalism, Europeanism, Nationalism and 'Co-Nationalism' in 20th-century Music Tomi Mdkeld . 9

Personal Style, Impersonal Structure? Music Analysis and Nationality Arnold Whittall 17

Nationalism is not Enough: A 's Perspective Peter Dickinson 27

Beyond Nationalism Ilkka Oramo 35

Music, Nationality and Society Kalevi Aho 45

Facets of Britishness

The Allure of Distant Strains: Musical Receptiveness of the Anglo-Saxon Erkki Toivanen 53

National Parallels in the Orchestral Works of and Arnold Bax: Focusing on Their Symphonic Language Gunnar Sundberg ,. 59

English Musical Character: Intrinsic or Learned? Lewis Foreman 65 Scottish Music, Real and Spurious Raymond Monelle 87 • Aspects of Scottish Musical Nationalism in the 20th Century, with special reference t6 the Music of F. G. Scott, Ronald Center and Ronald Stevenson Malcolm MacDonald JJJ

Musical Nationalism in Ireland in the Twentieth Century: Complexities and Contradictions Jeremy Dibble 133

'Getting its History Wrong': English Nationalism and the Reception of Ralph Vaughan Williams Alain Frogley 145

To be a 20th-century 'Finn'

How Modernism Came to Finland? An Exposition of the History of Ideas Matti Vainio 163

Finnish Music in the 20s and 30s: Internationalism vs. Nationalism Erkki Salmenhaara 175

The Main Trend in Finnish Music in the 1970s and 1980s and the Problem of 'Finnishness' Mikko Heinio 183

Nationalism in 's Operatic Works Kauko Karjalainen 191 The Solitary Way of Uuno Klami Helena Tyrvainen 199

Writing about Music

Nationalistic and Non-Nationalistic Views of Sibelius in 20th-century Finnish Music History Writing Matti Huttunen 217

An "old eminence among musical nations". Nationalism and the Case for a Musical History in Ireland Axel Klein 233