Lili Marleen Cancion de Amor y Muerte |
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| Author:
| Sala Rose, Rosa |
| Series title: | Biorritmos Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-84-96879-28-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | Global Rhythm Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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When Nazi composer Norbert Schultze put the words of a poem written in the trenches of World War I to music, Lili Marleen,” the musical sensation of the Second World War, was born. This investigation examines the popularity of a song that began as the nightly sign-off for the German forces’ radio station and became an anthem for Allied and Axis alike. And yet, for every soldier who sang along to the lyrics that...
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When Nazi composer Norbert Schultze put the words of a poem written in the trenches of World War I to music, Lili Marleen,” the musical sensation of the Second World War, was born. This investigation examines the popularity of a song that began as the nightly sign-off for the German forces’ radio station and became an anthem for Allied and Axis alike. And yet, for every soldier who sang along to the lyrics that described the sadness of parted lovers, there were thoseincluding Joseph Goebbels and a Polish audience that booed Marlene Dietrich off of the stage for singing it in Germanwho regarded it warily, and this book examines the controversy behind it as well.
Cuando el compositor nazi Norbert Schultze puso música a un poema escrito en las trincheras de la Primera Guerra Mundial, nación Lili Marleen,” la sensación musical de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Esta investigación examina la popularidad de una canción que comenzó como la despedida nocturna de la estación de radio de las fuerzas alemanas y se convirtió en un himno tanto para los Aliados así como para las Fuerzas del Eje. Por cada soldado que cantaba de la tristeza de unos enamorados separados, sin embargo, habían también aquellosentre ellos Joseph Goebbels y una audiencia polaca que abucheó a Marlene Dietrich por cantarla en alemánque consideraban la canción con recelo, y este libro contempla también la controversia que la rodeaba.