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Music in the Great War: The First World War

Episode 35

Episode 35: Music in the Great War: The First World War

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Matthew Sweet introduces music for films set against the background of World War I.

Matthew Sweet introduces music for films set against the background of WWI, including the Classic Score of the Week, Joseph Kosma's music for Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion.

Matthew Sweet looks at music for films set against the background of the First World War, including the Classic Score of the Week, Joseph Kosma's music for Jean Renoir's movie masterpiece, La Grande Illusion. The First World War prompted a cinematic response even before the War was over and it has continued to exercise the film maker's imagination ever since. From Charles Chaplin's Shoulder Arms in 1918 to Steven Spielberg's recent War Horse, the stories and commentaries are varied and include some of the great moments in film and film-music (The African Queen; The Blue Max; Sergeant York; Lawrence of Arabia).

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