Author: Graham Seal
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780702234477
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Author: Patrick MacGill
Publisher: W. Briggs
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 136
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Published: 1917
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780665663772
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Mullen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-09-18
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1351068660
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What did popular song mean to people across the world during the First World War? For the first time, song repertoires and musical industries from countries on both sides in the Great War as well as from neutral countries are analysed in one exciting volume. Experts from around the world, and with very different approaches, bring to life the entertainment of a century ago, to show the role it played in the lives of our ancestors. The reader will meet the penniless lyricist, the theatre chain owner, the cross-dressing singer, fado composer, stage Scotsman or rhyming soldier, whether they come from Serbia, Britain, the USA, Germany, France, Portugal or elsewhere, in this fascinating exploration of showbiz before the generalization of the gramophone. Singing was a vector for patriotic support for the war, and sometimes for anti-war activism, but it was much more than that, and expressed and constructed debates, anxieties, social identities and changes in gender roles. This work, accompanied by many links to online recordings, will allow the reader to glimpse the complex role of popular song in people’s lives in a period of total war.
Author: Patrick MacGill
Publisher:
Published: 2015-07-11
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781331191278
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Soldier Songs My dear H.J., You have often asked me what are the favourite songs of the soldier on Active Service, the rhymed lines which give expression to his soul. It is difficult to give an answer, the mere words are "dud" shells, which drop harmlessly to earth close to their objective. The soldier and his song cannot be separated from their surroundings. Let me explain and quote in illustration an incident which occurred a few weeks ago. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher: London : Printed by order of the Trusteeds
Published: 1922
Total Pages: 212
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