TY - BOOK ID - 30914702 TI - National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music PY - 2017 SN - 1137601396 1137601388 PB - London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Music KW - History and criticism. KW - Criticism KW - Civilization-History. KW - Music. KW - Historiography. KW - Europe-History. KW - Military history. KW - Cultural History. KW - Memory Studies. KW - European History. KW - History of Military. KW - Military historiography KW - Military history KW - Wars KW - Historiography KW - History KW - Naval history KW - Historical criticism KW - Authorship KW - Art music KW - Art music, Western KW - Classical music KW - Musical compositions KW - Musical works KW - Serious music KW - Western art music KW - Western music (Western countries) KW - Civilization—History. KW - Europe—History. KW - 1914-1918 KW - World War I Period UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30914702 AB - This book looks at the role of popular music in constructing the myth of the First World War. Since the late 1950s over 1,500 popular songs from more than forty countries have been recorded that draw inspiration from the War. National Myth and the First World War in Modern Popular Music takes an inter-disciplinary approach that locates popular music within the framework of ‘memory studies’ and analyses how songwriters are influenced by their country’s ‘national myths’. How does popular music help form memory and remembrance of such an event? Why do some songwriters stick rigidly to culturally dominant forms of memory whereas others seek an oppositional or transnational perspective? The huge range of musical examples include the great chansonniers Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens; folk maestros including Al Stewart and Eric Bogle; the socially aware rock of The Kinks and Pink Floyd; metal legends Iron Maiden and Bolt Thrower and female iconoclasts Diamanda Galás and PJ Harvey. ER -