War Work: 8 Songs with Film(2014)
A song cycle combining texts written by World War I poets, most all of whom lost their lives during the war, chansons vieilles from European poets, archival visual excerpts, and fragments of musical motifs evoking the unknown soldiers: those who have never been found or have lost their lives.
Movie: War Work: 8 Songs with Film
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A song cycle combining texts written by World War I poets, most all of whom lost their lives during the war, chansons vieilles from European poets, archival visual excerpts, and fragments of musical motifs evoking the unknown soldiers: those who have never been found or have lost their lives.
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2014-11-28
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