The music of war: Seven World War 1 composers and their experience of combat.
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The effect of World War 1 military service on composers has been neglected in comparison
with poets and artists. This article describes the wartime service of Arthur Bliss,
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ivor Gurney, EJ Moeran, Gordon Jacob, Patrick Hadley, and
Maurice Ravel. The relationship between experiences of combat and the psychological
health of these men is examined, with consideration being given to predisposition
and possible causative influences of military service on their later careers, examined
from individual and societal perspectives.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/25912Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1177/0967772016664692Publication Info
Davidson, Jonathan Rt (2018). The music of war: Seven World War 1 composers and their experience of combat. Journal of medical biography, 26(4). pp. 227-234. 10.1177/0967772016664692. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/25912.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Jonathan R.T. Davidson
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Currently, my research focuses upon the theoretical aspects of homeopathy and its
clinical utilization, as well as the broader field of alternative (complementary)
medicine. this is a field which has traditionally been overlooked as a legitimate
scientific discipline. Other areas of activity are as in the past, i.e., clinical
treatment, epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis of posttraumatic stress, social
phobia, other anxiety status, and depression. These are illustrated by recent pu

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