Taking the Shilling: Songs of and about World War 1

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.

The German war lord and the British lion /

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Modern German lyrics : an introduction to German songs of to-day & to-morrow ...

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The Franco-German war of 1870-71,

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The Franco-German war 1870-1871,

Translation of part 1 of "Krieg und sieg, 1870-71", edited by Julius von Pflugk-Harttung, first published Berlin, 1895.

A short history of Europe from the dissolution of the Holy Roman empire to the outbreak of the German war,

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German war proclamations. Arrêtés et proclamations de guerre allemandes du 20 aôut 1914 au 25 janvier 1915; documents historiques affichés à Bruxelles pendant l'occupation.

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The Leipzeig trials; an account of the war criminals' trials and a study of German mentality,

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Some aspects of the war,

--The name of God and the war.--The war and America.--The "scrap of paper."--International brigandage.--Sowing thistles and gathering thorns.--The laws of war.--The law of necessity.--Visions of hatred.--Lying lips and murderous hands.--Molten lead.--Vergebliches ständchen.--The responsibility for the war.--The invasion of Canada.--Songs of war.--Why a Spanish-American should not be pro-German.--The "place in the sun."--Germanism in America.--The settlement of peace.--How to enforce the laws of war.

Songs of love and war,/

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