Dr. Krisztine Lajosi is Senior Lecturer in Cultural History in the Department of European Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the history of European nationalism and particularly on the relations between nationalism and various media. She is the author of Staging the Nation: Opera and Nationalism in 19th-Century Hungary (Brill, 2018) and has published widely on the relationship of nationalism and music. Her current research explores aspects of nationalism in the digital age. Dr. Andreas Stynen is doctor assistant in the research unit ‘Cultural history since 1750’ at the University of Leuven. Though his PhD research was situated at the crossroads of urban and environmental history, in recent years he has focused mainly on the development of national movements (and their heritage) in Flanders and Europe. His bibliography also includes titles on commemorative practices, popular music and trans-Atlantic migration.

• Acknowledgements ... viiNotes on Contributors ... viiiIntroduction ... 1Krisztina Lajosi and Andreas Stynen1 German Influences: Choirs, Repertoires, Nationalities ... 14Joep Leerssen2 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century France ... 33Sophie-Anne Leterrier3 Song in the Service of Politics and the Building of Norway ... 53Anne Jorunn Kydland4 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Scottish Perspective ... 70Jane Mallinson5 Fighting Choirs: Choral Singing and the Emergence of a Welsh National Tradition, 1860–1914 ... 83Gareth Williams6 The Large-Scale Oratorio Chorus in Nineteenth-Century England: Choral Power and the Role of Handel’s Messiah ... 99Fiona M. Palmer7 National Art and Local Sociability: Dutch Male Choral Societies in the Nineteenth Century ... 111Jozef Vos8 The Choir Scene in Flemish Belgium in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century: The Vlaemsch-Duitsch Zangverbond ... 130Jan Dewilde9 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in the Basque Country: The Orfeon Donostiarra ... 152Carmen de las Cuevas Hevia10 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Catalonia, 1850–1930 ... 157Dominique Vidaud11 “By Means of Singing to the Heart, by Means of Heart to the Homeland”: Choral Societies and the Nationalist Mobilization of Czechs in theNineteenth Century ... 187Karel Šima, Tomáš Kavka, and Hana Zimmerhaklová12 Collapsing Stages and Standing Ovations: Hungarian Choral Societies and Sociability in the Nineteenth Century ... 206Krisztina Lajosi13 Choral Societies and National Mobilization in the Serbian (Inter)national Network ... 225Tatjana Marković14 Choral Societies and National Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century Bulgaria ... 241Ivanka VlaevaBibliography ... 261Index ... 280

Dr. Krisztine Lajosi is Senior Lecturer in Cultural History in the Department of European Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the history of European nationalism and particularly on the relations between nationalism and various media. She is the author of Staging the Nation: Opera and Nationalism in 19th-Century Hungary (Brill, 2018) and has published widely on the relationship of nationalism and music. Her current research explores aspects of nationalism in the digital age. Dr. Andreas Stynen is doctor assistant in the research unit ‘Cultural history since 1750’ at the University of Leuven. Though his PhD research was situated at the crossroads of urban and environmental history, in recent years he has focused mainly on the development of national movements (and their heritage) in Flanders and Europe. His bibliography also includes titles on commemorative practices, popular music and trans-Atlantic migration.

• Acknowledgements ... viiNotes on Contributors ... viiiIntroduction ... 1Krisztina Lajosi and Andreas Stynen1 German Influences: Choirs, Repertoires, Nationalities ... 14Joep Leerssen2 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century France ... 33Sophie-Anne Leterrier3 Song in the Service of Politics and the Building of Norway ... 53Anne Jorunn Kydland4 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Scottish Perspective ... 70Jane Mallinson5 Fighting Choirs: Choral Singing and the Emergence of a Welsh National Tradition, 1860–1914 ... 83Gareth Williams6 The Large-Scale Oratorio Chorus in Nineteenth-Century England: Choral Power and the Role of Handel’s Messiah ... 99Fiona M. Palmer7 National Art and Local Sociability: Dutch Male Choral Societies in the Nineteenth Century ... 111Jozef Vos8 The Choir Scene in Flemish Belgium in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century: The Vlaemsch-Duitsch Zangverbond ... 130Jan Dewilde9 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in the Basque Country: The Orfeon Donostiarra ... 152Carmen de las Cuevas Hevia10 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Catalonia, 1850–1930 ... 157Dominique Vidaud11 “By Means of Singing to the Heart, by Means of Heart to the Homeland”: Choral Societies and the Nationalist Mobilization of Czechs in theNineteenth Century ... 187Karel Šima, Tomáš Kavka, and Hana Zimmerhaklová12 Collapsing Stages and Standing Ovations: Hungarian Choral Societies and Sociability in the Nineteenth Century ... 206Krisztina Lajosi13 Choral Societies and National Mobilization in the Serbian (Inter)national Network ... 225Tatjana Marković14 Choral Societies and National Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century Bulgaria ... 241Ivanka VlaevaBibliography ... 261Index ... 280

Dr. Krisztine Lajosi is Senior Lecturer in Cultural History in the Department of European Studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the history of European nationalism and particularly on the relations between nationalism and various media. She is the author of Staging the Nation: Opera and Nationalism in 19th-Century Hungary (Brill, 2018) and has published widely on the relationship of nationalism and music. Her current research explores aspects of nationalism in the digital age. Dr. Andreas Stynen is doctor assistant in the research unit ‘Cultural history since 1750’ at the University of Leuven. Though his PhD research was situated at the crossroads of urban and environmental history, in recent years he has focused mainly on the development of national movements (and their heritage) in Flanders and Europe. His bibliography also includes titles on commemorative practices, popular music and trans-Atlantic migration.

• Acknowledgements ... viiNotes on Contributors ... viiiIntroduction ... 1Krisztina Lajosi and Andreas Stynen1 German Influences: Choirs, Repertoires, Nationalities ... 14Joep Leerssen2 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century France ... 33Sophie-Anne Leterrier3 Song in the Service of Politics and the Building of Norway ... 53Anne Jorunn Kydland4 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Scottish Perspective ... 70Jane Mallinson5 Fighting Choirs: Choral Singing and the Emergence of a Welsh National Tradition, 1860–1914 ... 83Gareth Williams6 The Large-Scale Oratorio Chorus in Nineteenth-Century England: Choral Power and the Role of Handel’s Messiah ... 99Fiona M. Palmer7 National Art and Local Sociability: Dutch Male Choral Societies in the Nineteenth Century ... 111Jozef Vos8 The Choir Scene in Flemish Belgium in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century: The Vlaemsch-Duitsch Zangverbond ... 130Jan Dewilde9 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in the Basque Country: The Orfeon Donostiarra ... 152Carmen de las Cuevas Hevia10 Choral Societies and Nationalist Mobilization in Catalonia, 1850–1930 ... 157Dominique Vidaud11 “By Means of Singing to the Heart, by Means of Heart to the Homeland”: Choral Societies and the Nationalist Mobilization of Czechs in theNineteenth Century ... 187Karel Šima, Tomáš Kavka, and Hana Zimmerhaklová12 Collapsing Stages and Standing Ovations: Hungarian Choral Societies and Sociability in the Nineteenth Century ... 206Krisztina Lajosi13 Choral Societies and National Mobilization in the Serbian (Inter)national Network ... 225Tatjana Marković14 Choral Societies and National Mobilization in Nineteenth-Century Bulgaria ... 241Ivanka VlaevaBibliography ... 261Index ... 280