World War I began 100 years ago. Many libraries, archives, music institutions, and authors have taken the opportunity to put together online collections of musical resources relating to the war and reflect on the role of music during the war.
Music & Sounds
Behind the Lines: the Music and Composers of the First World War(link is external)
Westminster Music Library and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
La fleur au fusil : 14-18 en chansons(link is external)
FranceInfo.fr
“Bertrand Dicale vous plonge dans l’esprit et le quotidien des soldats français pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Leurs chants, enregistrés pour la première fois par la Maîtrise et le Choeur de Radio France, témoignent du patriotisme, de l’héroïsme, mais aussi du découragement et de la colère des soldats ou des civils.”
The Great War At 100: Music Of Conflict And Remembrance(link is external)
NPR Music
Royal Library of Belgium digitized music
(link is external)Europeana
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
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Sousa Archives, University of Illinois
World War I Sheet Music(link is external)
Library of Congress
Articles
Debussy and the Great War,(link is external) Eric Frederick Jensen, Oxford University Press
The Importance of Songs During the War(link is external), Jamie, Europeana
Music in no man’s land: composers in WWI(link is external), Martin Buzacott, ABC
World War One and Classical Music(link is external), Kate Kennedy, The British Library: World War One
Other Collections
Europeana 1914-1918
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Explore stories, films and historical material about the First World War and contribute your own family history. Europeana 1914-1918 mixes resources from libraries and archives across the globe with memories and memorabilia from families throughout Europe.
Historical Photographs(link is external), Europeana
“To My Peoples!”
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An exhibit from Europeana, the Austrian National Library(link is external) and Google Cultural Institute
Matyas Magyar aus Szegvàr an der Ostfront | CC-BY-SA, Europeana 14-18
Modern Responses to World War One
Nancy Van de Vate(link is external), All Quiet on the Western Front (opera). Original materials held at the Remarque Collection in Osnabruck and the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Musiksammlung.
- See also Matthias Zipp, Die Remarque-Oper der austro-amerikanischen Komponistin Dr. Nancy Van de Vate. All Quiet on the Western Front. Im Westen nichts Neues(link is external) (Göttingen: V&R unipress, 2013).
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