Two a long time after the autumn of communism in japanese Europe and one decade into the twenty-first century, eu tune continues to be essentially the most robust forces for shaping nationalism. utilizing extensive fieldwork all through Europe -- from participation in alpine foot pilgrimages to reviews of the grandest track spectacle wherever on this planet, the Eurovision music Contest -- Philip V. Bohlman unearths the ways that song and nationalism intersect within the shaping of the hot Europe.

Focus: track, Nationalism, and the Making of the hot Europe starts with the emergence of the ecu countryside within the center a long time and extends throughout lengthy sessions within which Europe’s countries used song to compete for land and language, and to extend the colonial succeed in of Europe to the total global. Bohlman contrasts the "national" and the "nationalist" in track, interpreting the ways that their impression on society will be optimistic and unfavorable -- useful for eu cultural coverage and unsafe in instances while many ecu borders are extra fragile than ever. the hot Europe of the twenty-first century is extra different, extra advanced, and extra politically unstable than ever, and its song resonates totally with those modifications.