Sounds of War
Music in the British Armed Forces during the Great War
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2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-48008-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-48008-6 (ISBN)
This groundbreaking study, sitting at the intersection of cultural and military history, examines the formal and informal uses of music in all three British forces during the Great War. Emma Hanna argues that music was omnipresent in servicemen's wartime existence and was a vital element for the maintenance of morale.
Comparatively little is known about the musical cultures of the British armed forces during the Great War. This groundbreaking study is the first to examine music's vital presence in a range of military contexts including military camps, ships, aerodromes and battlefields, canteen huts, hospitals and PoW camps. Emma Hanna argues that music was omnipresent in servicemen's wartime existence and was a vital element for the maintenance of morale. She shows how music was utilised to stimulate recruitment and fundraising, for diplomatic and propaganda purposes, and for religious, educational and therapeutic reasons. Music was not in any way ephemeral, it was unmatched in its power to cajole, console, cheer and inspire during the conflict and its aftermath. This study is a major contribution to our understanding of the wartime realities of the British armed forces during the Great War.
Comparatively little is known about the musical cultures of the British armed forces during the Great War. This groundbreaking study is the first to examine music's vital presence in a range of military contexts including military camps, ships, aerodromes and battlefields, canteen huts, hospitals and PoW camps. Emma Hanna argues that music was omnipresent in servicemen's wartime existence and was a vital element for the maintenance of morale. She shows how music was utilised to stimulate recruitment and fundraising, for diplomatic and propaganda purposes, and for religious, educational and therapeutic reasons. Music was not in any way ephemeral, it was unmatched in its power to cajole, console, cheer and inspire during the conflict and its aftermath. This study is a major contribution to our understanding of the wartime realities of the British armed forces during the Great War.
Emma Hanna is a Lecturer in the School of History at the University of Kent,Canterbury. She is the author of The Great War on the Small Screen: Representing the First World War in Contemporary Britain (2009).
Introduction; 1. Music in Britain, 1914; 2. Recruitment and fundraising; 3. Instruments of war; 4. Songs, identity and morale; 5. Captivity; 6. Religion and pastoral Care; 7. Medicine and therapy; 8. The gramophone; 9. Civilian concert parties; 10. Servicemen's concert parties; 11. After the Armistice; Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 29 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 650 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-48008-X / 110848008X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-48008-6 / 9781108480086 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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