Texts read & Music played
- Comedian Harmonists (Tea for Two, 1934)
- Owen Hamilton: Tyrolean Summer (1934)
- Binnie Hale: As Time Goes By (1932)
- Extracts from The Times & The Manchester Guardian
- from the Musical ‘Cabaret’: Tomorrow Belongs to Me
- F.S. Smythe: Over Tyrolese Hills (1936)
- Nina Murdoch: Tyrolean June (1935)
- Aimee Watt Smyth: Austria – The Land of Smiles – and Tears (1936)
- Benjamin Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Var. 10 Fugue and Finale (1937)
- A.J.P. Taylor: Chamberlain and Munich
- Greta Keller: So Little Time (1938)
- F.L. Carsten: The First Austrian Republic 1918-1938: A Study based on British and Austrian Documents
- Dr Kurt Schuschnigg: Farewell Austria (Cassell, 1938)
- Jack Buchanan: Goodnight, Vienna (1932)
- The Manchester Guardian: ‘The Naked Fist’ (Editorial)
- Neville Chamberlain: Speech in the House of Commons, March 14 1938
- Valaida & Billy Mason’s Orchestra: Singin’ in the Rain (1935)
- Helmut Qualtinger: Herr Karl (extract)
- Winston Churchill: Speech in the House of Commons, April 11 1938
- Extracts from The Times & The Manchester Guardian
- Neville Chamberlain: Speech on Sept 30 1938 ‘ ‘the piece of paper’
- Dylan Thomas: The Hand that Signed the Paper (1935)
- C. Day Lewis: The Bells that Signed (1939)
- W.H. Auden: Epitaph on a Tyrant (1939)
- Winston Churchill: Speech in the House of Commons, June 4 1940 (‘We shall fight on the beaches…’)
- Flanagan and Allen: Who do you think you’re kidding, Mr Hitler? (1940)
- Erich Fried: London bedeutet mir viel…
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4, 1st. Movement (1935)
What a huge subject to cover in 52 minutes – very interesting.
Chris