WW2 music

Martin Hoyle discusses the Second World War’s effect on musicians

Music played a crucial role in boosting morale during World War Two. Songs from both sides of the Atlantic topped the charts, got people on the dance floor and rallied spirits through many  dark days and nights on the home front and abroad. Here are ten tunes that kept people going…

Simon Broughton explains how a remarkable creative community emerged in the Jewish ghetto town of Terezín, despite appalling conditions and the grim shadow of Nazi oppression

In 1941, a German incendiary bomb destroyed Queen's Hall, and the jewel in the crown of London’s music venues was lost. Andrew Green tells the story...