All Aboard for Home Sweet Home
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Descriptive Information
Title | All Aboard for Home Sweet Home |
Composer | |
Lyricist | Burkhardt, Addison |
Publisher | Al Piantadosi & Co., Inc. |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-03-06 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.) |
Comment | A minor success in spring 1918, this song had a second, bigger surge in popularity after the armistice. In both cases it was heard primarily in recordings and piano rolls, some of which were made even before copyright was registered. It was not widely used in vaudeville, but it was incorporated in a soldiers’ show in December 1918. By April 1919 it had faded from view. |
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Musical Note | This is a march song (marked “marcia”), with a walking bass, rat-a-tat-tat rhythms and fanfare fills; but the sentiment and the fermata before the last phrase slightly suggest a march ballad. The first phrase of “Home Sweet Home” is quoted twice, with lyric references as well, and “The Girl I Left Behind Me” is quoted in the lyrics only. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | United States |
Subject - Temporal | 1911-1920 |
Lyrics |
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Musical Genre | March song |
Repository | Newberry Library |
Rights | NoC-US |
Rights Description | The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. |
Artist | Starmer [William and Frederick] |
Cover Description | At bottom, on a dock, troops in formation marching up a gangplank onto a troop ship; wagon and artillery waiting to be loaded; above, center, Statue of Liberty, in a cloud; BL, oval photographic inset of Mel Klee. Tan monochrome; signed BR. |
Back Cover Description | Wrought-iron-style frame enclosing the whole. Bottom: Slogans: “Save! Save! / Food will win the war / Buy war saving stamps”. Center: sample, Oh Moon of the Summer Night (1918 05 11). |
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Performance Medium | Voice and piano |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_081 |
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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