Soldiers of Song - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Soldiers of Song write by Jason Wilson. This book was released on 2012-11-06. Soldiers of Song available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of Wayne and Shuster and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells—concert parties made up of fighting soldiers—were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a “lady,” were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences. The intent was to bolster morale and thereby help soldiers survive the war. The Dumbells’ popularity was not limited to troop shows along the trenches. The group also managed a run in London’s West End and became the first ever Canadian production to score a hit on Broadway. Touring Canada for some twelve years after the war, the Dumbells became a household name and made more than twenty-five audio recordings. If nationhood was won on the crest of Vimy Ridge, it was the Dumbells who provided the country with its earliest soundtrack. Pioneers of sketch comedy, the Dumbells are as important to the history of Canadian theatre as they are to the cultural history of early-twentieth-century Canada.
The Soldier's Song
The Soldier's Song - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Soldier's Song write by Alan Monaghan. This book was released on 2010. The Soldier's Song available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As Ireland stands on the brink of political crisis in 1914, Europe plunges headlong into war. Irishman Stephen Ryan, who volunteers to fight for the British Army, is sent to Turkey where his romantic notions of war are soon shattered. Returning to Dublin in 1916 his loyalties are tested when he finds his brother fighting for the rebels.
Sound Targets
Sound Targets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sound Targets write by Jonathan R. Pieslak. This book was released on 2009. Sound Targets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Sound Targets' explores the role of music in American military culture, focusing on the experiences of soldiers returning from active service in Iraq. Pieslak describes how American soldiers hear, share, use & produce music, both on & off duty.
Lili Marlene
Lili Marlene - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lili Marlene write by Liel Leibovitz. This book was released on 2008-10-28. Lili Marlene available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The dramatic story of an iconic love song, its three creators, and their lives under the Nazis. "Lili Marlene," the unlikely anthem of World War II, cut across front lines and ideological divides, uniting soldiers across the globe. This love song, telling the story of a young woman waiting for her lover to return from the battlefield, began as a poem written by a German solider during World War I. The soldier-poet's words found their way to Berlin's decadent cabaret scene in the 1930s, where they were set to music by one of Hitler's favored composers. The song's singer, however, soon found herself torn between her desire for fame and a personal hatred of the Nazi regime. In a gripping and suspenseful narrative, the three artists' remarkable stories of arrests and close calls intertwine with the recollections of soldiers on all sides who fought their way through deserts and towns, seeking solace and finding hope in "Lili Marlene."
Songs of the Soldiers
Songs of the Soldiers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Songs of the Soldiers write by Frank Moore. This book was released on 1864. Songs of the Soldiers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
