Good-bye Maoriland : the songs and sounds of New Zealand's Great War

Submitted by Marilyn Portman on 25 June, 2018 - 22:48

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Bourke, CHris

Source:

Auckland : Auckland University Press, Auckland, New Zealand, p.ix, 294 pages; illustrations (2017)

ISBN:

9781869408718

Call Number:

781.599099309041

Keywords:

1914-1918 New Zealand music and the war; Patriotic music New Zealand History 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 New Zealand Songs and music, World War

Abstract:

<p>Be it ‘Tipperary’ or ‘Pokarekare’, the morning reveille or the bugle’s last post, concert parties at the front or patriotic songs at home, music was central to New Zealand’s experience of the First World War. In <i>Good-Bye Maoriland</i>, the acclaimed author of <i>Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music</i> introduces us the songs and sounds of World War I in order to take us deep inside the human experience of war. [publishers blurb]</p>