{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@id":"https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/96a4e380-e466-0135-4ad8-0050569601ca-1/manifest","@type":"sc:Manifest","label":"America, the Greatest of them All","metadata":[{"label":"Title","value":"America, the Greatest of them All"},{"label":"Alternative Title","value":"p. 2, top: America the Greatest of Them All"},{"label":"Composer","value":"Kaiser, Corporal Otto Riemann"},{"label":"Lyricist","value":"Kaiser, Corporal Otto Riemann"},{"label":"Publisher","value":"Corporal Otto Riemann Kaiser"},{"label":"Place of Publication","value":"New Orleans (La.)"},{"label":"Year of Publication","value":"1917"},{"label":"Date of Copyright","value":"1917-11-19"},{"label":"Physical Description","value":"1 score, piano and voice ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)"},{"label":"Type","value":"Musical notation"},{"label":"Comment","value":"Kaiser himself gave several performances of his song to his comrades in the 39th Division, but it appears otherwise to have gone unremarked apart from a notice in a local paper just before publication."},{"label":"Historical Note","value":["Despite several local performances, there is no indication that the song was promoted in any way.  No piano rolls or recordings have been found.","This is the only known printing. The copyright was registered for a manuscript copy; the publication itself was released after November 23, when a brief newspaper article described it as “shortly to be published.” ","The dedicatees were the members of the 39th Division, Louisiana Cavalry, to which Kaiser had been assigned.  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