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Some Corner of a Foreign Field: Poetry and Music of the Great War
Some Corner of a Foreign Field Poetry and Music of the Great War Author:Owen, Sassoon, Thomas, Caanan The horrors of the Great War of 1914-1918 produced some of the finest British poetry of the century. These poignant texts have been combined with music of equal power and emotion in a moving album, which mixes humour, irony, and terror in equal measure. 1 Song: We don t want to lose you, Helen Clarke 2 The Volunteer, Robert Service 3 The Spirit,... more » Woodbine Willy 4 Song: If you were the only girl in the world, Violet Lorraine & George Robey 5 If you were the only Bosch in the trench 6 Breakfast, Wilfrid Gibson 7 The Last Laugh, Wilfred Owen 8 Assault God this is fun, Erno Mueller 9 Song: Oh! It s a lovely war, Courtland & Jeffries 10 The rear guard, Siegfried Sassoon 11 One night at Cuinchy , Robert Graves 12 Song: A Mademoiselle from Armentiers, Jack Charman 13 OBE, AA MilneMusic: Pomp & Circumstance March No1 Edward Elgar (extract) 14 Rouen May Cannan 15 Song: Keep the home fires burning, John McCormack 16 Futility, Wilfred Owen 17 From France, Isaac Rosenberg Music: Serenade for Strings, Edward Elgar 18 As the team s head brass, Edward Thomas 19 Easter Monday, Eleanor Farjeon 20 Song: Roses are shining in Picardy Ernest Pike 21 For Some May Cannan 22 Flanders Fields John Macrae 23 Song: There s a long, long trail a-winding John McCormack 24 The Soldier Rupert Brooke 25 The Fallen Laurence Binyon Music: Nimrod Edward Elgar 26 Every One Sang, Siegfried Sassoon 27 From a full heart, AA Milne 28 The Armistice May Cannan Music: Adagio from Clarinet Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 29 Recessional Rudyard Kipling 30 High Wood Philip Johnstone« less