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Lincoln and Liberty / The Liberty Ball - Ronnie Gilbert
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This amalgam of 'Lincoln and Liberty' and 'The Liberty Ball' is performed by American folk singer and ex-Weaver, Ronnie Gilbert. Her recording appears on the album "Songs o...
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Sting - Russians
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From Sting's award-winning 1985 album Dream of the Blue Turtles, Russians cautions against nuclear conflict and offers a plea for reconciliation between the Soviet bloc and...
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Paul Robeson - Hymn of the Soviet Union
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The national anthem of the USSR between 1944 and 1991, performed here by American bass singer Paul Robeson. Prior to this the anthem had been The Internationale - however i...
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Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
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Not long after Band Aid and We Are The World focused musical attention on famine in Africa, a collection of artists decided a similar approach might help in the struggle ag...
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Last Night of the Proms - Rule, Britannia!
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The stirring British anthem Rule, Britannia! as performed at the annual Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Though the lyrics are older, the song ap...
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Donovan - Universal Soldier
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Written in the early 1960s by Canadian Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Universal Soldier is commonly interpreted as being written in response to the war in Vietnam, it was actually...
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Eddy Grant and Kurt Darren - Gimme Hope Jo'anna
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The musical struggle against apartheid came from outside South Africa's borders as well as within. In 1988 Guyanese-born British performer Eddy Grant released Gimme Hope Jo...
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Music and apartheid in South Africa
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Some prominent South African musicians discuss the role of music and theatre in publicising black consciousness and anti-apartheid movements in their homeland. There are ex...
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Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen - This Land is Your Land
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This Land is Your Land is Woody Guthrie's best known musical composition, a song combining imagery of the beauty of America with concerns about its barriers and its inequit...
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Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
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Billie Holiday's best-selling record, Strange Fruit was a sombre blues account of racism and lynchings in the south of America. Its confronting first line "Southern tree be...
About Music in History
Welcome to my channel. My interest is in history and historical events, their connections with music and musical compositions, and the use of music as historical evidence. In this channel I hope to upload some clips of political, protest or folk music; music linked with historical periods or events or songs written retrospectively about things from the past. I'm always on the lookout for new clips that are relevant so feel free to give me any hints.
My interest in this field comes from my study (I have a Masters degree in history) my work (I'm a History teacher and author of several history textbooks) and my hobbies (I play piano and guitar and have a long interest in music culture).
Welcome to my channel. My interest is in history and historical events, their connections with music and musical compositions, and the use of music as historical evidence. In this channel I hope to upload some clips of political, protest or folk m...
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