America's Crusaders
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Descriptive Information
Title | America's Crusaders |
Composer | Manney, Charles Fonteyn |
Lyricist | Manney, Charles Fonteyn |
Publisher | Boston : Oliver Ditson Co. |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-08-16 |
Physical Description | 1 score, men's voices and piano ([1], 2–7, [1] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
Comment | Manney evidently wrote this anthem for the 1918 Fourth of July program of the Boston Pops Orchestra. It had a modest success thereafter, but it endured: in 1949 it was selected for the theme music for the first major television documentary series, "Crusade in Europe," based on the memoirs of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. |
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Musical Note | This high-class anthem, which rhythmically suggests a rather heroic march ballad, displays the usual characteristics: the second and third verses modulate to the subdominant, the second verse is for solo voice rather than ensemble, and there is generous use of passing chromaticism, modal borrowing, walking bass, and rubato. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | United States |
Lyrics |
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Musical Genre | Anthem |
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 | TL and TR, adapted versions of the Great Seal of the United States, bracketing “Patriotic Music / Men’s Voices”; below, list of titles; BL and BR, oak branch and laurel branch superimposed on United States shield. Red and black on white; unsigned. |
Back Cover Description | “Patriotic Music” and list of titles, enclosed in simple frame, stars at the corners. |
Interior Description | |
Performance Medium | Men's voices and piano. |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_097 |
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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