The Music of Remembrance

On 11 November 1919, King George V presided over the inaugural Remembrance Day, a year after the end of World War I. That initial ceremony of remembrance centred on a two-minute silence at 11am. ‘The first stroke of eleven produced a magical effect,’ reported The Manchester Guardian that day [ . . . ]

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