Over Here, Over There: Transatlantic Conversations on the Music of World War I

During the Great War, composers and performers created music that expressed common sentiments like patriotism, grief, and anxiety. Yet music also revealed the complexities of the partnership between France, Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. At times, music reaffirmed a commitment to the shared wartime mission. At other times, it reflected conflicting views about the war from one nation to another or within a single nation. Over Here, Over There examines how composition, performance, publication, recording, censorship, and policy shaped the Atlantic allies' musical response to the war. The first section of the collection offers studies of individuals. The second concentrates on communities, whether local, transnational, or on the spectrum in-between. Essay topics range from the sinking of the Lusitania through transformations of the entertainment industry to the influenza pandemic. Contributors: Christina Bashford, William Brooks, Deniz Ertan, Barbara L. Kelly, Kendra Preston Leonard, Gayle Magee, Jeffrey Magee, Michelle Meinhart, Brian C. Thompson, and Patrick Warfield

William Brooks is a professor of music at the University of York and an associate professor emeritus of composition at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Christina Bashford is an associate professor of musicology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the author of The Pursuit of High Culture: John Ella and Chamber Music in Victorian London. Gayle Sherwood Magee is a professor of musicology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and the author of Charles Ives Reconsidered.