Title | All Hail to the Flag! |
Alternative Title | Cover: All Hail to the Flag |
Composer | Turner, Stephen Miles |
Lyricist | Hosterman, John Howe |
Publisher | J. H. Hosterman |
Place of Publication | Cambridge (Mass.) |
Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | 1917-09-03 |
Physical Description | 1 score ([1-2], 3-5, [1] p.) |
Comment | Very few copies survive, and this song was never mentioned in newspapers or trade journals. The text was written and published within three weeks of the United States entry into the war, with the song issued four months later. Both text and music were surely self-publications meant not as commercial products but as personal expressions of commitment and community. |
Historical Note | - The lyrics were issued by Hosterman in a self-published broadside copyrighted May 4, 1917. The first verse clearly evokes the Star-Spangled Banner.
- This was the only printing, and no piano rolls or recordings have been found, nor any performances or advertisements.
- On the cover the title lacks the exclamation point.
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Musical Note | This compact, vigorous march song (marked “With energetic march movement”) has a convincingly heroic melody and a very ambitious accompaniment that makes good use of walking bass and chromatic inflections. The music contains no quotations, however, despite the opportunities provided by the lyric. The piano writing approaches the virtuosic, and options are provided to make performance more practical. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | - Songs and music
- Flags
- Patriotic music
- Popular music
- Songs and music
- World War, 1914-1918
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Subject - Geographic | United States |
Subject - Temporal | 1911-1920 |
Lyrics | - [refrain 4]
- [verse 4] Our banner unfurled is for God and the right, / 'Twill lead our brave army in Europe to fight / Until, with her Allies, Old Glory shall wave / O'er nations made free and o'er Tyranny's grave.
- [refrain 3]
- [verse 3] We're proud of our President, Government, all, / Who have opened their hearts to Humanity's call / For help, from the trenches, far over the wave, / To conquer the tyrant who all would enslave.
- [refrain 2]
- [verse 2] With love for our Country, we loyally stand / All eager to serve her on sea or on land, / For our great family would have all the world know / That America's ready to meet any foe.
- [refrain 1] All hail to the Flag, as it's borne along / By united people whom Freedom made strong. / We'll be true to our Nation, whate'er it cost, / And bring the world Peace That shall never be lost.
- [verse 1] See the Star-spangled Banner afloat in the sun! / Her name is "Old Glory," by martyr blood won, / Of fathers, whose bodies have gone to the grave, / But whose spirit yet lives in the land of the brave.
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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. |
Cover Description | Four soldiers standing on a dock, one with rifle, watching a troop ship depart. Tan on white; unsigned. |
Back Cover Description | Blank. |
Interior Description | - Plate numbers: pp. 4, 5, BL: All Hail to the Flag 4
- p. 3, below title: Solo, or Voices in Unison
- p. [2] prints the lyric in full, with a separate copyright notice
- Cover, BL: Price 40 cents.
- Cover, below title: Song or Unison Chorus
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Performance Medium | Voice and piano |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_079 |
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 |