All quiet on the Western Front?: the creation and perception of self-made instruments in the trenches of the First World War
During the First World War musical instruments were not only present on the Western Front; they were also manufactured by soldiers. They enabled soldiers to play music during their stay in the trenches and were critical components of the soldiers’ daily lives. Musical instruments, both professional...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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13 Mar 2014
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The journal of musicological research
Year: 2014, Volume: 33, Issue: 1-3, Pages: 145-162 |
| ISSN: | 1547-7304 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01411896.2014.877325 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/01411896.2014.877325
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| Author Notes: | Johanna de Schmidt |
| Summary: | During the First World War musical instruments were not only present on the Western Front; they were also manufactured by soldiers. They enabled soldiers to play music during their stay in the trenches and were critical components of the soldiers’ daily lives. Musical instruments, both professional and self-made, were highly valued by their possessors and sometimes even seen as a comrade, a fellow sufferer in the pernicious environment of the Western Front. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 07.07.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1547-7304 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01411896.2014.877325 |