Item 18: Concert du Dimanche au programme 'Gaby'

Accession Number PUBS002/007/001/001/018
Collection number Souvenirs 2 7/1/1/18
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 20.6 x 32.8cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Souvenir concert program produced during the First World War. This program, written in French, is for a concert performed at Camp Steinhorst in Germany on 30 July 1916. Concerts were held on Sunday evenings and the programs were lithographed using ink produced by the prisoners themselves. This program features an illustration of a bearded man sitting at a piano on the front cover. Also featured in the program is the music and lyrics for the song 'Gaby'. This song was composed by F Montreuil, E Joullot and Ch. Borel-Clerc.