[Sound recording] The soldier's homecoming: describing the arrival of a troopship

Accession Number	AWM2018.404.71
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	5:19
Object type	Digital audio file
Physical description	Wav
Maker	Hicks, Alan Latham, Chris
Place made	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, North Shore, Narremburn
Date made	2018
Access	Open
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Source credit to	Latham, Chris

Description

Recording of the instrumental piece titled, 'The soldier's homecoming: the arrival of a troopship'. Music composed by Carl Reber. Produced by Chris Latham, with Alan Hicks on piano. This recording was made at Flat Rock Studios, Sydney, on 16 March 2018. The work is performed in the spirit of the time with some changes made for the modern ear.

Chris Latham, producer of this recording, notes: 'We would watch a documentary on TV these days but this is only way that they would have been able to hear about the war experience. This piece has a low musical quality and speaks of the need to share experiences. It is like movie music and propaganda. Features a bugler, brass band, pipers, drums and fife in the music. The Scottish piper is a sign of how close Australia was to Scotland at the time and the piece of music is very British. It is illustrative of the period and exhibits all the cliches of music featured in silent movies.'