Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs

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folk song collection literary work poetry anthology

Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs is Johann Gottfried Herder’s influential collection of folk poetry and songs from various cultures, foundational to the development of Romantic nationalism and the study of folklore.

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Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk song collection ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
poetry anthology ⓘ
aimsTo demonstrate the value of popular poetry ⓘ
preserve folk traditions ⓘ
associatedWith Romanticism ⓘ
surface form: German Romanticism

early nationalism ⓘ
author Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ
compiler Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ
contains folk poems ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
translations of foreign songs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
emphasizes emotional expression in song ⓘ
the voice of common people ⓘ
focusesOn various cultures ⓘ
vernacular traditions ⓘ
genre Romantic literature ⓘ
folk poetry ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
hasForm anthology ⓘ
collection of translated texts ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
influenced Romantic nationalism ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ
folklore studies ⓘ
national philology ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment thought

oral folk traditions ⓘ
keyConcept Volksgeist ⓘ
Volkslied ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainTheme cultural diversity ⓘ
folk culture ⓘ
national identity ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
recognizedAs foundational work in folklore studies ⓘ
influential source for Romantic nationalism ⓘ
scholarlyField cultural history ⓘ
ethnology ⓘ
folkloristics ⓘ

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Johann Gottfried Herder → notableWork → Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs ⓘ
Gottfried → notableWork → Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs ⓘ
subject surface form: Johann Gottfried Herder