Emma Hanna (Canterbury University of Kent)

Sounds of War

Music in the British Armed Forces during the Great War

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781108480086
• ISBN-10: 110848008X
• Artikelnr.: 58017769

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.