1918 RTÉ Radio
Wednesday 12.11.08
The Rolling Wave
Presenter Peter Browne will look at songs which
were inspired by different aspects of the Great War – including the
two powerful ballads written by Eric Bogle – And the Band played
Waltzing Matilda and No Man’s Land which expresses the
more general waste of human life incurred by trench warfare. Another
song The Writing of Tipperary juxtaposes the writing of the
most popular marching song of World War One It’s a Long Way to
Tipperary
by a Birmingham music hall artist called Jack Judge with the
historical events in Europe which led up to the outbreak of war in
1914.
When: 9.02pm, Wednesday 12 November
Where: RTÉ Radio 1
More:
www.rte.ie/radio1/therollingwave