<P> Frédéric Chopin was one of the first composers to incorporate nationalistic elements into his compositions . Joseph Machlis states , `` Poland 's struggle for freedom from tsarist rule aroused the national poet in Poland ... Examples of musical nationalism abound in the output of the romantic era . The folk idiom is prominent in the Mazurkas of Chopin '' ( Machlis 1963 , 149 -- 50 ) . His mazurkas and polonaises are particularly notable for their use of nationalistic rhythms . Moreover , `` During World War II the Nazis forbade the playing of ... Chopin 's Polonaises in Warsaw because of the powerful symbolism residing in these works '' ( Machlis 1963 , 150 ) . </P>
<P> Frédéric Chopin was one of the first composers to incorporate nationalistic elements into his compositions . Joseph Machlis states , `` Poland 's struggle for freedom from tsarist rule aroused the national poet in Poland ... Examples of musical nationalism abound in the output of the romantic era . The folk idiom is prominent in the Mazurkas of Chopin '' ( Machlis 1963 , 149 -- 50 ) . His mazurkas and polonaises are particularly notable for their use of nationalistic rhythms . Moreover , `` During World War II the Nazis forbade the playing of ... Chopin 's Polonaises in Warsaw because of the powerful symbolism residing in these works '' ( Machlis 1963 , 150 ) . </P>
who is an example of a nationalist romantic composer
who is an example of a nationalist romantic composer
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin