Songs of Liberation in the Netherlands

Prof. Frank Mehring, Radboud University Nijmegen, has published extensively on Liberation Songs and performed concerts in collaboration with school choirs using music as a key to learn about the past across different nations. He has produced documentary programs on liberation songs for the Canadian Tulips Festival. They are part of the commemoration ceremonies and available online: https://tulipfestival.ca/songs-of-liberation/

Songs of liberation and this very book itself play a vital role in preserving our shared history. They ensure that the legacy of courage, gratitude, and unity remains alive for future generations, deepening our appreciation for the ties that bind us across an ocean, and an ocean of time.' - Jo Riding, Executive Director of the Canadian Tulip Festival, Ottawa, Canada'This book is an impressive and moving tribute to the memory of what liberation looked like, felt like, and sounded like.' - Rob Kroes, Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'Een absolute aanrader voor iedereen met een belangstelling voor de sociale en culturele kant van de oorlog. Dat het daarbij ook nog eens zeer fraai vormgegeven is met veel full-colour illustraties is een mooie bonus.' - Patrick Schellen, Traces of War

• Prelude: Find the Cost of Freedom in Songs (Frank Mehring), Suite I: Liberation Songs 25 (Frank Mehring), 1. Sing Your Song of Thanks: The Soundtrack of Freedom, 2. We Did It Before: Sounding Intercultural Encounters, 3. Peace March: Marching Music between Occupation and Freedom, 4. Holland Memories: Hymns to Freedom and Justice, 5. Lili Marleen: Transatlantic and Transnational War Songs, 6. White Stripes in a Sky of Blue: Fox-Trotting and Flirting 7. I Cannot Swing: Liberation Boogie-Woogie and Swing, 8. Snoezepoes: Composing and Arranging Liberation Songs 9. Bouncin' in Bavaria: Broadcasting Dutch Swing in Occupied Germany, 10. America, We Thank You: Consent and Satire, 11. As Time Goes By: Jazz as a Lingua Franca, Suite II: Soundtrack of Freedom Then and Now 1. Playing Liberation Songs: Interview with Jan Hendriks (Anja Adriaans and Frank Mehring), 2. Exhibiting Liberation Songs: The Freedom Museum (Rense Havinga), 3. Collecting Liberation Songs: A Transatlantic Quest (Hugo A. Keesing), 4. Composing Liberation Music: A Symphony (Dean Burry), 5. Recording Liberation Songs: Sonic Bridges (Frank Mehring), Conclusion (Frank Mehring), Coda: Fourteen Liberation Songs (Jens Barnieck) Postlude (Jo Riding), Acknowledgments Notes, Bibliography, Dutch Liberation Songs American, British and Canadian Songs of War and Liberation, Secondary Literature, List of Contributors, Index of persons.