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Soldiers of Song : The Dumbells and Other Canadian Concert Parties of the First World War /
"The irreverent humour that inspired the likes of The Wayne and Shuster Hour and Monty Python was born in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells -- fighting soldiers who entertained at concert parties -- were central to that birth. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldie...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- I Introduction
- II The Music Hall and Beyond
- III In the Interest of Morale: The Dumbells and the Development of the Canadian Concert Party
- IV Only a Soldier Knows: The War and Humour The Canadian Concert-Party Experience
- V The Dumbells in Peace
- Note on Sources and Acknowledgements
- Appendices. A Dramatis Personae : CEF Concert-Party Entertainers of WWI
- B Notable Concert Parties of the CEF and BEF
- C Important Casts of the CEF Concert Parties
- D Postwar Concert Party Revues
- E North American Tour Itineraries
- F Catalogue of Dumbells Sheet Music
- G Catalogue of Dumbells-Related Music
- H Miscellaneous Songs
- I Important British Music-Hall Revues.