Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I - THE SONGS AND THEIR CREATORS
- Chapter 1 THE SONGS OF THE WAR YEARS: Themes, Tunes, and Trends
- Prewar Songs and Their Influence
- Blitzkrieg: The Early War Songs
- Farewell to Normality: The Early Lyrical Songs
- War Is Here To Stay: Songs about Wartime Life
- Victory on the Horizon: The Tone Shifts
- Victory Becomes a Reality
- Chronologies, Shifts, and Variations in The Wartime Songs
- Chapter 2 THE SOLDIERS OF THE SONG FRONT: Composers and Poets during the War
- The Composers
- The Poet-Lyricists
- Relations between Composers and Poets
- Remuneration: Contracts and Contests
- Amateur Song Writing
- Critiques and Debates on Song
- Chapter 3 COMMAND AND CONTROL: Official Policy and Institutional Responsibility over Song
- The Creative Unions
- Party and State Structures
- Trade Unions and Other Organizations
- Military Involvement
- Censorship Control
- International Relations and the Arts
- Conclusions
- PART II - SONG DISTRIBUTION AND RECEPTION
- Chapter 4 PRINT, PLASTIC, AND SOUND WAVES: Mass Media and Song Distribution
- Songbooks and Other Musical Publications
- Newspapers
- Radio
- Records
- Film
- Conclusions
- Chapter 5 BALL GOWNS AND BOMBS: Performers and Brigades in Battle and at Home
- Diversity and Quantity of Performance Groups
- The Response to War
- The Experience of War: Brigade Travel, Performances and Living Conditions
- At the Front
- In Home Towns
- In the Rear
- Working Together
- PART III - SONG RECEPTION AND LEGACY
- Chapter 6 FROM DAWN 'TIL DUSK: Song in Everyday Life
- Audience and Memory
- Children's Experiences
- Home Front Adult Experiences
- Song at the Front
- The Power of Song
- Chapter 7 THE LEGACY OF THE WAR SONGS
- The Audience
- The State
- Fans and Idols
- Song Function
- The Legacy in the Body
- Post War Images of Freedom
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3