| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Contents |
Fields of the fallen. Introduction -- Into battle (Julian Grenfell) ; Interlude ; Rain (Edward Thomas) ; Krieggrab (August Stramm) ; Interlude ; Peace (Rupert Brooke) ; Der Aufbruch (Ernst Stadler) ; Interlude ; Die Schlacht bei Saarburg (Alfred Lichtenstein) ; August 1914 (Isaac Rosenberg) ; Interlude ; Anthem for doomed youth (Wilfred Owen) ; Im Osten (Georg Trakl) ; Into battle, first reprise (Julian Grenfell) ; Interlude ; When you see millions of the mouthless dead (Charles Sorley) ; An den Tod (Gerrit Engelke) ; Into battle, second reprise (Julian Grenfell) -- Dawn on the Somme. The Somme -- a lament ; On Somme (Ivor Gurney) ; Before action (William Noel Hodgson) ; I have a rendezvous with death (Alan Seeger) ; Dawn on the Somme (Robert Nichols) ; The Somme -- envoi |
| Notes |
Songs and music about World War I and the Battle of the Somme. The poets represented in the first work, both British and German, died during the 1914-1918 conflict. The texts for the second work reflect the poet's experience or reflections on that battle |
| Performer |
Stephan Loges, bass-baritone ; Maggini Quartet, and members of the New London Orchestra |
| Notes |
Sung in English and German |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music
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Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916 -- Songs and music
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Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble
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France
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Streaming audio
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Songs and music
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Music
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Streaming audio
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| Author |
Loges, Stephan, singer
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Grenfell, Julian, 1888-1915, author.
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Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917, author.
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Stramm, August, 1874-1915, author.
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Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915, author.
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Stadler, Ernst, 1883-1914, author.
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Lichtenstein, Alfred, 1889-1914, author.
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Rosenberg, Isaac, 1890-1918, author.
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Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918, author.
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Trakl, Georg, 1887-1914, author.
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Sorley, Charles Hamilton, 1895-1915, author.
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Engelke, Gerrit, 1890-1918, author.
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Gurney, Ivor, 1890-1937, author.
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Hodgson, William Noel, 1893-1916, author.
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Seeger, Alan, 1888-1916, author.
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Nichols, Robert, 1893-1944, author.
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Container of (work) : Corp, Ronald.
Fields of the fallen.
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Container of (work) : Corp, Ronald.
Dawn on the Somme.
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Maggini Quartet, instrumentalist.
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New London Orchestra (1988- ), instrumentalist.
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