{"id":80,"date":"2014-05-21T20:05:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T20:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/?p=80"},"modified":"2024-10-02T08:35:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T08:35:16","slug":"professor-stefan-hanheide-traces-of-the-great-war-in-european-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/2014\/05\/21\/professor-stefan-hanheide-traces-of-the-great-war-in-european-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Stefan Hanheide \u2013 Traces of the Great War in European Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>25 June 2014, 6.30pm<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>David Sizer Lecture Theatre,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Mile End Campus, Queen Mary<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>University of London<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300\">During and after the First World War<\/span><\/strong> many composers commented on the hostilities through their works. We can find demonstrations of patriotism, sorrow and grief, but also criticism of the unprecedented carnage. The noises of the battlefield, hymns and military music were all incorporated. They operate as symbols of the composers&#8217; views of the war. This lecture will present examples of various war-related compositions in different countries. It will discuss how music introduces war noises and discuss why these can only be found to a limited degree.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300\">Stefan Hanheide<\/span><\/strong> is Professor of Music History at the University of Osnabru\u0308ck. His current research focuses on music in the context of political violence. Topics include music related to the Thirty Years War in the seventeeth century and wars and violence during the twentieth century. His recent publications include \u201cMusic positions its forces \u2013 Functionalisations of Music during the First World War\u201d (2013) and \u201cPace: Music between war and peace. 40 portraits of compositions\u201d (2007). Since 1993 he has organized concerts In Osnabru\u0308ck under the title \u201cmusica pro pace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>To book, please visit: <a title=\"Book place at Traces of the Great War\" href=\"http:\/\/greatwarineuropeanmusic.eventbrite.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>http:\/\/greatwarineuropeanmusic.eventbrite.co.uk<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>For further information contact<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMs Moushumi Bhowmik<br \/>\nSchool of History, Room 4.14, Arts 2 Building<br \/>\nQueen Mary University of London<br \/>\nLondon E1 4NS<br \/>\nTel: +44 (0)20 7882 8348<br \/>\nemail: <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">m.bhowmik@qmul.ac.uk<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/files\/2014\/05\/Traces-of-the-Great-War-in-European-Music-Poster-Poster.pdf\">Traces of the Great War in European Music Poster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>25 June 2014, 6.30pm David Sizer Lecture Theatre, Mile End Campus, Queen Mary University of London During and after the First World War many composers commented on the hostilities through their works. We can find demonstrations of patriotism, sorrow and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/2014\/05\/21\/professor-stefan-hanheide-traces-of-the-great-war-in-european-music\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.history.qmul.ac.uk\/musicandsound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}