Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Music Examples viii
4. Illustrations xi
5. Abbreviations xii
6. Note to the Reader xiv
7. Pronunciation Guide xv
8. Map of Bohemia and Moravia xvii
9. Acknowledgements xviii
10. Introduction 1
11. Chapter 1 National Narratives and Identities 4
12. Chapter 2 Cultural and Musical Idioms of Town and Country 34
13. Chapter 3 Devotional Practices and the Culture of Conversion 59
14. Chapter 4 ‘Th ither from the Country’—Village Life and Education 89
15. Chapter 5 Christmas Pastorellas 107
16. Chapter 6 ‘Melancholy Ditties about Dirt and Disorder’ 144
17. Chapter 7 Musical Devotions and the (Re)Engineering of Patron Saints 172
18. Chapter 8 Between Venice and Prague—the Vivaldi Connection 196
19. Chapter 9 Identity on the Stage 221
20. Bibliography 259
21. Index 279