Abstract

Nationalism is an important branch of Romanticism in music, and the rise of romanticism in the nineteenth century gave rise to nationalism; therefore, many composers at that time were dedicated themselves to the development of the music which can be used to represent their nations, and it usually contains national or folk music as elements; eventually, it became Nationalism a kind of music having strong national and patriotic feelings. Dvořák is one of the representatives of Nationalism, and the work "Zigeunerlieder Op.55" is his masterpiece of combining Bohemian and Gypsy music.

The thesis is divided into four chapters, the first chapter briefly describes the history and cultural background of the Czech Republic; the second chapter contains the biography of Derek Sauk and the introduction of his vocal works and also the national consciousness in them; the third chapter is divided into two sections, the first section is focusing on the origin of Gypsy and the second section is discussing the Hungarian gypsy music at that time; the forth chapter is divided into three sections, first is about the original ideas of composing "Zigeunerlieder Op.55"; second contains lyrics analysis and the biography of poet Hejduk; third helps me find an appropriate way to interpret the suite by analyzing the structure and interpretation ways of it and also the style of Bohemian in it.