All Hail to the Flag!
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Descriptive Information
Title | All Hail to the Flag! |
Alternative Title | Cover: All Hail to the Flag |
Composer | Turner, Stephen Miles |
Lyricist | Hosterman, John Howe |
Publisher | Cambridge, MA : J. H. Hosterman |
Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | 1917-09-03 |
Physical Description | 1 score ([1-2], 3-5, [1] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
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. |
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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 |
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Musical Genre | March song |
Repository | Newberry Library |
Conditions of Use | 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 | Four soldiers standing on a dock, one with rifle, watching a troop ship depart. Tan on white; unsigned. |
Back Cover Description | Blank. |
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Performance Medium | Voice and piano |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_079 |
Collection | World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
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