OVER HERE, OVER THERE
Transatlantic Conversations on the Music of World War I
Edited by WILLIAM BROOKS, CHRISTINA BASHFORD, and GAYLE MAGEE Enlisting music to fight the war to end all wars “With its stimulating blend of revealing music interpretation and compelling historical context, this volume brings the music of World War I to life in fascinating detail.” —CHRISTINA BAADE, author of Victory through Harmony: The BBC and Popular Music in World War II During the Great War, composers and performers created music that expressed common sentiments like patriotism, grief, and anxiety. Yet music also revealed the complexities of the partnership between France, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. Sometimes, music reaffirmed a commitment to the shared wartime mission. At other times, it reflected conflicting views about the war from one nation to another or within a single nation.
266 PAGES. 6.125 X 9.25 INCHES 23 BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS, 16 CHARTS, 10 MUSIC EXAMPLES
Over Here, Over There examines how composition, performance, publication, recording, censorship, and policy shaped the Atlantic allies’ musical response to the war. The first section of the collection offers studies of individuals. The second concentrates on communities, whether local, transnational, or on the spectrum in between. Essay topics range from the sinking of the Lusitania through transformations of the entertainment industry to the influenza pandemic.
HARDCOVER, 978-0-252-04270-6 $99.00x £79.00 PAPER, 978-0-252-08454-6 $30.00x £22.99 E-BOOK, 978-0-252-05156-2.
Contributors: Christina Bashford, William Brooks, Deniz Ertan, Barbara L. Kelly, Kendra Preston Leonard, Gayle Magee, Jeffrey Magee, Michelle Meinhart, Brian C. Thompson, and Patrick Warfield
Publication of this book was supported in part by the Otto Kinkeldey Endowment of the American Musicological Society, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
WILLIAM BROOKS is a professor of music at the University of York and an associate professor emeritus of composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. CHRISTINA BASHFORD is an associate professor of musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the author of The Pursuit of High Culture: John Ella and Chamber Music in Victorian London. GAYLE MAGEE is a professor of musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the author of Charles Ives Reconsidered.
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