Andres Morrissey, Franz (2014). Taking the Shilling: Songs of and about World War 1 [Performance or Exhibition]. 17.10./10.11./11.11.2014.
Full text not available from this repository.A performance lecture exploring a) contemporary music hall songs as a means of propaganda, recruitment and later criticism, b) the folk songs originating from among the soldiers, based on music hall, hymn and children's song tunes, and c) songs written about World War 1 by songwriters of the sixties and seventies in the critical vein inspired amongst others by the Vietnam War.
Item Type: |
Audiovisual Material & Event (Performance or Exhibition) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of English Languages and Literatures |
UniBE Contributor: |
Andres Morrissey, Franz |
Subjects: |
800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism > 820 English & Old English literatures 400 Language > 420 English & Old English languages |
Funders: |
[UNSPECIFIED] Swiss British Society ; [UNSPECIFIED] Canton of Ticino ; [UNSPECIFIED] British Embassy, Switzerland ; [UNSPECIFIED] British Council, Switzerland |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Federico Erba |
Date Deposited: |
26 Nov 2014 15:52 |
Last Modified: |
14 Mar 2024 12:32 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
World War 1, Folk Song,Protest, Anti-War Sentiment, Folk Song tradition, Folk Song transmission, Folk Song process |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/60583 |
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