Music and World War 1
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Music, World War I, EthnomusicologyAbstract
While the experience of war may seem to rely majorly on military strategy, planning, and execution, civilian emotion has a much greater impact on the remembrance of war than many expect. Music is a direct byproduct of human emotion. This research paper delves into the ways in which music acted as a safe haven for those suffering during the first world war and the features of the music that indicate the setting in which it originated. The immense emotion from which such pieces derived are not easily forgotten, so I proceed to discuss the implications of music from World War 1 on modern day society, hinting to music’s ability to act as a fossil of human emotion. In the final section, I confess the harm that music expressing pride in a nation can do, especially in a situation of such gravity. I attempt to answer a looming question: Can there be too much nationalism?
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