Description |
xvi, 598 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
Description |
1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-573) and index. |
Contents |
List of CD contents: p. 597-598. |
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Prologue. In search of Kultur -- Great Britain. Pomp and circumstance ; The old lie ; The symphony of the front -- France. Mobilization and the call to history ; War and the children ; War games, 1914-1915 ; Charades and masquerades ; Church, state, and schola ; Neoclassicism, aviation, and the Great War -- Italy. The world of the future, the future of the world -- Germany-Austria. "Dance of death" ; "The last days of mankind" -- The United States of America. "The Yanks are coming" ; "Onward Christian soldiers" ; The 100% American ; "Proof through the night" ; "On patrol in no man's land" ; Coming of age in America -- Post-Armistice. "Goin' home" ; Ceremonials and the war of nerves ; The persistence of memory ; Prophecies and alarms -- Epilogue. Unfinished business. |
Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Music and the war.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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ISBN |
0520231589 Cloth alkaline paper |
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