MUS 110 Lecture 19: Music and War

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Used to maintain humanity: lift spirits, promote unity, heal. Used to preserve a culture during war. Used as a form of unnamed resistance. Armed forces entertainment (1951): free entertainment to american soldiers around the world: official department of defense agency, hosts more than 600 shows each year reaching more than 400,000 personnel. Music becomes essential to survival: motivate, pump up for battle, comfort, distraction. The middle ages (c. 1095-1400): christian crusades to the middle east: natural trumpets & drums included in early european armies, entire body of repertoire devoted to war. Context: composed during renaissance period (1400-1600, french composer: clement janequin (1485-1558, celebrates french victory over the swiss at the battle of marignano (1515) Musical characteristics: programmatic vocal work, genre: chanson (french song, polyphonic texture dominates, mimics chaos of combat, repeating tones/syllables mimic drum beats includes five military battle calls sung vocally, *beat boxing before beat boxing was a thing. Popularity of military music: v. beethoven (1770-1827): symphony no.

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