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Title
Follow the Flag!
Alternative Title
Follow the Flag! March
Composer
La Rue, Edgar  
Publisher
McKinley Music Co.   
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
No copyright registered.
Physical Description
1 score ([1–2], [3–5], [1] p.). Folio.
Comment
With no mention in the trade, no advertising, and few surviving copies, this title appears to have had almost no impact.
Historical Note
McKinley’s numbered series of instrumental pieces was released roughly in order, so No. 1785, “Young America March,” (© 1918 10 23) would probably have preceded this title (No. 1787).
Musical Note
A standard march in cut time (marked “Marcia” with half note at 104), with two strains and a trio in the subdominant, the skilled but wholly conventional music climaxes in the trio by quoting the opening of “America.”
Subject - Topic
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music  
  • Popular music -- 1911-1920  
  • Flags  
  • Marches (Piano)  
Subject - Geographic
United States  
Musical Genre
March in cut time
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Cover Description
  • Soldier, hat off, with rifle and bayonet, in front of troops charging
  • above is a U. S. flag
  • behind all is a sunburst. Red, blue, brown, and black on white
  • unsigned.
Back Cover Description
  • Advertisement for “Late Patriotic Successes”. Four rows of samples: Top row: samples and covers for There’s a Little Blue Star in the Window (© 1918, not located in copyright catalogs
  • piano roll © 1918 03 20) I’m Hitting the Trail to Normandy (© 1917 09 15) Second row: samples for Old Glory Goes Marching On (© 1918 04 10) Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? (© 1918 04 10) When a Boy Says Good Bye to His Mother and She Gives Him To Uncle Sam (© 1917 09 04) Third row: samples for When It Comes to a Lovingless Day (© 1918 01 23) Let the Chimes of Normandy Be Our Wedding Bells (© 1918, not located in copyright catalogs) When the Kaiser Does the Goose-step to a Good Old American Rag (© 1917 10 22) Fourth row: samples and covers for A-M-E-R-I-C-A (© 1917 06 22) Giddy Giddap! Go on, Go on (© 1917 09 04)
Interior Description
  • p[2]: Advertisement for “Latest Patriotic Song Successes”. Choruses, in full, for four songs: There’s a Little Blue Star in the Window (© 1918, not located in copyright catalogs
  • piano roll © 1918 03 20) I’ll Be There, Laddie Boy, I’ll Be There (© 1918 04 10) Old Glory Goes Marching On (© 1918 04 10) Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? (© 1918 04 10)
Performance Medium
piano solo  
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_197
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleFollow the Flag!
Alternative TitleFollow the Flag! March
ComposerLa Rue, Edgar  
PublisherMcKinley Music Co.   
Place of PublicationChicago (Ill.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of CopyrightNo copyright registered.
Physical Description1 score ([1–2], [3–5], [1] p.). Folio.
CommentWith no mention in the trade, no advertising, and few surviving copies, this title appears to have had almost no impact.
Historical NoteMcKinley’s numbered series of instrumental pieces was released roughly in order, so No. 1785, “Young America March,” (© 1918 10 23) would probably have preceded this title (No. 1787).
Musical NoteA standard march in cut time (marked “Marcia” with half note at 104), with two strains and a trio in the subdominant, the skilled but wholly conventional music climaxes in the trio by quoting the opening of “America.”
Subject - Topic
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music  
  • Popular music -- 1911-1920  
  • Flags  
  • Marches (Piano)  
Subject - GeographicUnited States  
Musical GenreMarch in cut time
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Cover Description
  • Soldier, hat off, with rifle and bayonet, in front of troops charging
  • above is a U. S. flag
  • behind all is a sunburst. Red, blue, brown, and black on white
  • unsigned.
Back Cover Description
  • Advertisement for “Late Patriotic Successes”. Four rows of samples: Top row: samples and covers for There’s a Little Blue Star in the Window (© 1918, not located in copyright catalogs
  • piano roll © 1918 03 20) I’m Hitting the Trail to Normandy (© 1917 09 15) Second row: samples for Old Glory Goes Marching On (© 1918 04 10) Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? (© 1918 04 10) When a Boy Says Good Bye to His Mother and She Gives Him To Uncle Sam (© 1917 09 04) Third row: samples for When It Comes to a Lovingless Day (© 1918 01 23) Let the Chimes of Normandy Be Our Wedding Bells (© 1918, not located in copyright catalogs) When the Kaiser Does the Goose-step to a Good Old American Rag (© 1917 10 22) Fourth row: samples and covers for A-M-E-R-I-C-A (© 1917 06 22) Giddy Giddap! Go on, Go on (© 1917 09 04)
Interior Description
  • p[2]: Advertisement for “Latest Patriotic Song Successes”. Choruses, in full, for four songs: There’s a Little Blue Star in the Window (© 1918, not located in copyright catalogs
  • piano roll © 1918 03 20) I’ll Be There, Laddie Boy, I’ll Be There (© 1918 04 10) Old Glory Goes Marching On (© 1918 04 10) Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? (© 1918 04 10)
Performance Mediumpiano solo  
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 14, Folder 4
Local Identifier2014_12996_197
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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