Nov. 11 marks the centenary of the armistice that brought World War I to an end. Commemorate the historic anniversary with a playlist of music from the period curated by University of Minnesota musicologists.
Tracklist
00:00:00
George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
00:05:56
Gustav Holst
The Planets: IV. Jupiter
00:13:45
Herbert Howells
Elegy, Op. 15
00:24:19
Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell: I. My Soul, there is a Country
00:28:10
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet
00:33:27
Marcel Dupre
Poeme Heroique
00:41:42
George Cohan
Over There (arr. Arthur Harris)
00:44:12
Frank Bridge
Lament
00:48:52
Edward Elgar
The Spirit of England: III. For the Fallen
01:03:54
Frederick Septimus Kelly
Elegy: In Memoriam Rupert Brooke
01:13:01
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
01:27:14
Hubert Parry
Jerusalem
01:29:39
Gustav Holst
Ode to Death
01:42:02
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto: I. Adagio - Moderato
01:45:41
Frank Bridge
A Prayer
2:03:29
Gustav Holst
I Vow to Thee, My Country
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