Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Multimedia & History
Links here to selected musical texts and sounds which illustrate themes in
modern history.
Contents
IMAGES
[Since this site was established in 1997 a vast array of high quality historical images has become available on the Internet. Wikipedia is an especially good source, with many copyright cleared images available. This availabilty has rendered specific historic image web sites redundant.]
- Modern History Image Bank [Was At BC, now Internet Archive]
Associated with this site. Selected images [art, events, documents] to illustrate classes
on modern history.
- Modern History Portraits [Was At BC, now Internet Archive]
Associated with this site. Images of over 300 people who were important in the past 500
years.
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MOVIES
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MAPS
[Since this site was established in 1997 a vast array of high quality historical maps has become available on the Internet. Wikipedia is an especially good source, with many copyright cleared maps available.]
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MUSIC
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General
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The Reformation
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The French Revolution
- Ça Ira [At this Site]
The most popular of the revolutionary songs
- The Marseillaise [At this Site]
French text, and two English translations.
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The American Revolution
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19th Century Nationalism and
Imperialism
- Nationalism and Music [At this Site]
The "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves", Va Pensiero, from Verdi's opera Nabucco,
1842, and The "Triumphal March" from Verdi's opera, Aïda,
1871
- British Imperialistic Anthems [At this Site]
Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory, God Save the Queen, The British
Grenadiers, Jerusalem, and I Vow to Thee My Country
- WEB The 65th Regiment Songbook
Songs of the British soldiers in New Zealand.
- Cultural Nationalism
One of the features of the 19th century was the effort by elite
("classical") composers to research and use the traditional music of their
"nations".
- Bedrich Smetna: The Moldau,
from Ma Vlast
- Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
- Triumphal Nationalism
- National Anthems
When a country acquired sovereignity, the development of the "national
ideal" lead to the acquistion of uniform "national markers," such as flags
and "national anthems". Those here are some of the snappier ones.
- Austria-Hungary:"Kaiserlied". Music by Josef Haydn, 1797. Words Ludwig L. Haschka. The Austrian
National hymn from 1792 until 1918.
- Brazil
- Germany:
"Deutschland über Alles" or "Das Lied der Deutschen". Music by Josef
Haydn, 1797, Words by Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1841. The
- Third Verse (in German and
English)[At Internet Archive, from superlink.net] is the current German national anthem.
- Greece
- Israel : Hatikvah
"Ha-Tikvah" (The Hope). Melody by Nissan Belzer or Samuel Cohen. Words. Naftali
Herz Imber, 1856-1909. It has more than a passing ressemblance to The Moldau by
Smetna.
- Turkey
- The United Kingdom:"God Save the Queen/King", c. 1745.
- The United
States: "The Star-Spangled Banner". Music: Old English Song, Word: Francis Scott Key
- Tsarist Russia: God Save the Tsar. Same tune as British anthem.
- The Union
of Soviet Socialist Republic: "Hymm of the USSR". Music, Alexandr Vasilievich Alexandrov, (1883-1946). Words,
Sergei Vladimirovich Mikhalkov and Garold Gabrielevich El-Reghistan.
- Peoples
Republic of China
- National Songs
As well as national anthems, a series of songs became connected with
specific countries.
-
Germany
- Australia
- Waltzing
Matilda
[At this Site]
- The United States
- Battle
Hymn of the Republic
- Israel
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Socialism
as a Culture
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- Di Shvue (The Vow) [At
ANU]
The song of the Bund, the dominant party among East European Jews.
- The Internationale [At this Site]
Text in English, French, German, and Castilian [plus Billy Bragg's version] with both RA
and Midi sound files of the music, and two sung versions - one a Chinese military version
and another a Turkish discobeat version!
- The Red Flag [At This Site]
The anthem of the British Labour Party
- American Left Songs [At Internet Archive, from DSUSA]
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World War I
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World War II
- British Songs of World War II [At this Site]
Includes:
There'll Always Be An England
Lili Marlene (German and English)
White Cliffs of Dover 1942
O mio babbino caro ["O dearest Daddy"]
When the Lights Go On Again All Over the World
I'll be seeing you - The Ink Spots/Bing Crosby
In the mood - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
- The Horst Wessel Song [At this Site]
Words in German and English - of the official Nazi song.
- Songs of the German Army: World War II [At this
Site]
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Urban Migration and Music
A recurrent cross-cultural phenomenon of world growth and industrialization has
involved the migration of rural populations to big industrial cities. In such cities the
old issues of rural life rapidly fade before the new challenges. Repeatedly musicians and
entertainers in these complex new milieus have created new types of music - music which
draws upon the old muscial language of the regions of origin, but fuses with urban and
"pop" traditions, in order to address the new issues. Such musical innovation
and fusion has not happened with every case of migration to urban areas, but it
sufficiently common that it ought, perhaps, receive more scholarly attention than it has.
- Rembetika [Athens/Greece]
- Roza Eskenazi
- George Dalaras
- Fado [Lisbon/Portugal]
- Rai [Algeria/France]
- Tango [Buenas Aries/Argentina]
- Carlos Gardel
- Astor Piazzolla
- Samba [Rio di Janeiro/Brazil]
- Soukous [Kinshasa/Congo/Zaire]
- Highlife [Ghana]
- Tejano [Texas]
- Motown [Detroit/US]
- Rap [Bronx/US]
- Bhangra [London/Birmingham/United Kingdom]
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Postwar Protest Songs
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Modern Europe: Unity and Division
- The Flower of Scotland [At this Site]
The song of modern Scottish nationalism. With words and music of other
traditional Scottish national songs.
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