Jón Leifs and the musical invention of Iceland

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Includes bibliographical references and index.The land without music (1899-1916) -- Years of study (1916-21) -- Composer and conductor (1921-29) -- Leifs and the elements of an Icelandic style -- Icelandic nation-building and the 1930 Alingi Festival (1929-33) -- "This music belongs to us" (1933-37) -- Dinosaurs in Berlin (1937-44) -- Guilt and retribution (1944-55) -- The final years (1955-68) -- Postlude: revival and influence -- Appendix: list of Jón Leifs's completed works.