¿Cuál es el himno de los vascos? El nacionalismo vasco y su simbología musical

Authors

Leyre Arrieta Alberdi Università di Deusto (Bilbao)

Keywords:

Basque Nationalism,, Musical Symbology, National Identities

Abstract

¿What is the Basque anthem? Basque nationalism and its musical symbology

The article reflects upon the multiple identitarian sub-communities within the Basque nationalist milieu by looking at their musical expressions. After contextualizing the relationship between music and nationalism, the symbolic value of three Basque melodies (Gernikako Arbola, Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia and Eusko Gudariak) is explored, and so is the claim for their ownership on the part of the various nationalist groups. Finally, conclusions are drawn on the Basque musical symbology and on the role played by music in building the Basque national identity.

Received: 19-10-2012

Author Biography

Leyre Arrieta Alberdi, Università di Deusto (Bilbao)

Leyre Arrieta Alberdi insegna Storia contemporanea all’Università di Deusto (Bilbao). Si è occupata di nazionalismo basco, esilio, europeismo e di storia dei media. Tra le sue opere: Radio Euskadi, la voz de la libertad, con J.A. Rodríguez Ranz (Bilbao, Euskal Telebista, 1998); Diputación y Modernización. Gipuzkoa 1940-1975, con M. Barandiaran Contreras (San Sebastián, Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, 2003); Estación Europa. La política europeísta del PNV en el exilio, 1945-1977 (Madrid, Tecnos, 2007); La historia de Radio Euskadi (Guerra, Resistencia, Exilio, Democracia) (Bilbao, EITB, 2009); Fondo Gobierno de Euzkadi: historia y contenido (Vitoria, Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco, 2011). È coautrice del Diccionario ilustrado de símbolos del nacionalismo vasco (Madrid, Tecnos, 2012).