The Orwig Music Library’s new exhibit—In Flanders Fields: A Poetic and Musical Symbol of the ‘War to End All Wars’—draws on the collections of the Orwig Music Library, the John Hay Library, and personal heirlooms.

These collection pieces explore both the iconic 1915 poem “In Flanders Fields” (by Canadian doctor and officer John McCrae) and a selection of the many musical settings of this poem that were published in the waning years of the war.

Although this seemingly-pastoral work describes battle and death, it became a rallying point for recruitment of new troops and, in the U.S., the rejection of isolationist policy.

Location: Orwig Music Library
Dates: February 10, 2015–May 15, 2015