America, Our Country
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Title | America, Our Country |
Alternative Title | America, Our Country / Battle Hymn |
Composer | Oesterle, Louis |
Lyricist | Oesterle, Louis |
Publisher | New York : Edw. Schuberth & Co. |
Year of Publication | 1919 |
Date of Copyright | 1919-06-19 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1-2], 3-6, [7-8] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
Comment | This title appears to have been marketed as a successor to Osterle's earlier "America, Our Pride." But it went almost unnoticed and it was issued only in a single edition. Released well after the conclusion of the war, it was probably viewed as largely outdated. |
Historical Note | |
Musical Note | This quadruple-time march ballad ("Tempo di Marcia") displays many "high-class" characteristics: extensive expressive markings, pervasive chromaticism, modulation to the submediant, rubato, and a fermata at the climax. It also has a ballad-like, unusual form, with an extended verse of forty-two bars followed by a refrain of thirteen bars; and the accompaniment verges on the virtuosic. Although many characteristic martial gestures are used (fanfare figures, drumbeat rhythms, ascending fifths), there are no direct quotations. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | United States |
Lyrics |
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Musical Genre | March ballad |
Repository | Newberry Library |
Rights | The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions |
Cover Description | Text only, in a simple frame, with two other Oesterle songs listed with equal weight: Come Boys and Fight for Your Country (© 1919 06 18) and America, Our Pride (© 1917 03 22). |
Back Cover Description | Sample: Dear Land of Home (© 1911 01 31), and three advertisements, text only: Columbia (Victor Herbert, © 1898 04 21); Song of Freedom (© 1895 02 01); and Lord, While for All Mankind We Pray (© 1897). |
Interior Description | Plate numbers: pp. 3, 4, 5, 6, BL: E. S. & Co. 4350 – 4 |
Performance Medium | Voice and piano. |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_099 |
Collection Title | James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
Collection | World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
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