19世纪到20世纪初,音乐家们开始给自己的音乐加入了民族特色,以此来表示他们是哪个国家或民族的人,同时表达他们对自己祖国的热爱。有一些音乐家的音乐风格突出,有明显的民族特色,其他的音乐家可能没有那么明显,但是也会或多或少用到一些民族的元素。以前我们所说的音乐,比如古典主义、浪漫主义,都是某一个时期的音乐特点,但是并不能把音乐划分在某一个国家。比如,我们不能说贝多芬的音乐是德国的,李斯特的音乐是匈牙利的,这是错误的。 From the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, musicians began to add national characteristics to their music to indicate which country or ethnic group they were from while expressing their love for their motherland. Some musicians have prominent musical styles and obvious national characteristics. Other musicians may not be as obvious as they are, but they may also use some ethnic elements more or less. Before we say music, such as classicism, romanticism, are the characteristics of a period of music, but can not be divided into a country of music. For example, we can not say that Beethoven’s music is German and Liszt’s music is Hungarian, which is wrong.