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1 online resource |
| Series |
Ashgate popular and folk music series |
| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and music examples; List of contributors; Introduction: Beyond the question of morale: Popular song in the First World War; Dynamics; The different countries; What voices can be heard in wartime popular song?; Gender, commercial song and war; The expression of national and social identities; Notes; PART I:What voices can be heard in wartime popular song?; 1. What voices can be heard in British music-hall songs of the First World War?; Elite voices; How working-class voices were present; Gendered voices |
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How is voice used in the music hall?Conclusions; Notes; References; 2. French popular song at the front during the Great War; Departures accompanied by song; The song, companion of the soldier; The use of song in war; The song as a patriotic medium or as support for insubordination; Favourite themes and songs sung at the front; Song contests organized near battlefields; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. German soldier songs in the First World War and beyond; Patriotic songs; Weapon songs; Goodbye songs; Sexual songs; Fighting songs; Funeral songs; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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4. The music of war resistance in Britain, 1914-1918The conscientious objectors' songs; Sources for The Conscientious Objector's Song Book 2: The Fellowship Hymn Book; The Conscientious Objector's Song Book; The graffiti of Richmond Castle; Personal diaries; Composing for conscience; Conclusion; Notes; 5. In search of the French anti-war song, the "Chanson de Craonne"; Did the French soldiers sing this song?; The song presented in two veterans' memoirs; A subversive song intercepted by the military censorship; The unlimited source: the songbooks; Dating the song; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes |
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PART II:Gender, commercial song and war6. Couples in French popular song and the challenges of the Great War; The songs go off to war; Separated for a few months: the representation of model couples; What kind of woman will the men find upon their return?; The heartache; Meeting again; The time of letter-writing; The time of suspicion; The return of the severely wounded; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7. Masculinity, war and song in America 1917-1918; Notes; References |
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8. From tulips and curls to donuts and jazz: The representation of women in American popular and soldier songs during the First World WarWomen at home; Women at the front; A woman at the front: Elsie Janis as A.E.F. entertainer; Notes; References; 9. Staging the nation: Claire Waldoff and Berlin cabaret before and during the Great War; Cabaret in Berlin 1900-1914; Claire Waldoff and the progressive modernity of the city; Cabaret during the Great War; Let 'Em Have It!: Waldoff and informal propaganda during the Great War; Conclusion; Notes; References |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
<P>Introduction: Beyond the Question of Morale: Popular Music in the First World War <I>John Mullen </I><B>What Voices Can be Heard in Wartime Popular Song? </B>Chapter I: What voices can be heard in British music hall Songs of the First World War? <I>John Mullen </I>Chapter II: French popular song at the front during the Great War <I>Eric Sauda </I>Chapter III: German soldier songs in the First World War and beyond <I>André Rottgeri </I>Chapter IV: The music of war resistance in Britain, 1914-1918 <I>Clive Barrett </I>Chapter V: In search of the French anti-war song, the <I>Chanson de Craonne</I> <I>Guy Marival </I><B>Gender, Commercial Song and War </B>Chapter VI Couples in French popular song and the challenges of the Great War <I>Anne Simon</I> Chapter VII Masculinity, war and song in America 1917-1918 <I>Christina Gier </I>Chapter VIII From tulips and curls to donuts and jazz: the representation of women in American popular and soldier songs during the First World War <I>Amy Wells </I>Chapter IX Staging the nation: Claire Waldoff and Berlin cabaret before and during the Great War <I>Melanie Schiller </I><B>The Expression of National and Social Identities </B>Chapter X 'We shall get there in time': contemporary responses to the First World War by New Zealand songwriters <I>Chris Bourke </I>Chapter XI: Irish Songs of World War I <I>Erick Falc'her-Poyroux</I> Chapter XII: Popular music and eroticism: the Spanish Cuplé during the years of the First World War <I>Lidia López. </I>Chapter XIII: A business without an industry: the Portuguese music business in turbulent times <I>Pedro Félix </I>Chapter XIV: Early Serbian popular songs outside of Serbia during the Great War <I>Dragan Aleksić, Maja Vasiljević, Nataša Simeunović Bajić</P></I><B><P></P></B> |
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Popular music -- 1911-1920 -- History and criticism
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Music and the war
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MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
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Music and war
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Popular music
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mullen, John, 1960- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351068666 |
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1351068660 |
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9781351068673 |
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1351068679 |
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9781351068659 |
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1351068652 |
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9781351068680 |
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1351068687 |
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