Daub, Adrian - What the Ballad Knows

In What the Ballad Knows, author Adrian Daub elucidates the complex relationship between ballads and nationalism in 19th century German culture.

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CONTENTS

Introduction: What the Ballad Knows
Chapter 1: The Ballad's Years of Travel: The Musenalmanach for 1798, Orality, and the Ballad Form
Chapter 2: The Ballad, The Voice and the Echoes of War
Chapter 3: Balladic Consciousness: The Ballad on the Opera Stage
Chapter 4: Memorizing Ballads: Pedagogy, Tradition and the Open Secret
Chapter 5: The Ballad and the Family
Chapter 6: The Ballad and Its Narratives
Chapter 7: The Ballad, the Public and Gendered Community
Chapter 8: The Ballad and the Sea: Regionalism, Mourning and the Modern National Imaginary
Epilogue: The Ballad as Record
Acknowledgments
Index

Series	New Cultural History of Music