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Songs of the Warsaw Rising

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John Beauchamp 31.07.2014 14:22
  • Songs of the Warsaw Rising. Elzbieta Krajewska reports.
The story of the Warsaw Rising has a continuously strong theme in music - as proved by the many songs which appear year by year for the anniversary, and the popularity they achieve.

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Usually, one doesn't give a thought how much the Warsaw Rising is part of the contemporary fabric of the capital.

However, as Elzbieta Krajewska reports, enough to happen to be - for example within hearing distance of the chiming clock on the offices of the Wola district authorities, as it plays out one of the forbidden songs of 1944 that speaks of the local landmarks and streets, or in the district of Mokotów, where the chimes on a historic building play the March of Mokotów at 5pm, the hour when the uprising began.

This year, the songs of the Warsaw Rising of have inspired the Slovenian band Laibach, presenting a new version of "Warszawskie dzieci" - Children of Warsaw...

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