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America Triumphant

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Title
America Triumphant
Alternative Title
  • Cover: America Triumphant / Hymn to the Flag
  • p. 3: America Triumphant / (Hymn to the Flag)
Composer
Pinsuti, Giuseppe  
Lyricist
Child, Perley A.  
Publisher
Luckhardt & Belder  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
No copyright registered.
Physical Description
1 score, voice and piano ([1-2], 3-5, [1] p.)
Comment
  • Though this song won the second prize in a “National Song Contest,” it had no discernable impact.
  • Luckhardt & Belder
  • 8 West 45th Street.
Historical Note
  • The copyright line indicates that the 1919 copyright was initially by the Star Company and was then assigned to Giuseppe Pinsutti. The Star Company was the parent company for William Hearst’s newspapers, specifically the New York American and the New York Evening Journal.
  • The national song contest noted on the cover was sponsored by the Hearst newspapers, and the results were announced on April 27; hence publication must have been in May or later. “American Triumphant” finished in second place, ahead of entries submitted by Al Jolson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, George Gershwin, and other lesser lights.
  • This was the only printing, and no piano rolls or recordings have been found, nor any performances or advertisements.
Musical Note
A high-class ballad that exhibits some features of a slow march ballad (fanfare figures, an occasional walking bass), this song makes generous use of expressive indications and rubato.
Dedication
Dedication
Subject - Topic
  • World War, 1914-1918  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
  • Patriotic music  
  • Flags  
  • Songs and music  
Subject - Geographic
United States  
Subject - Temporal
1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [verse 1] Fling out our banner, radiant and glorious, / Wide to the heavens, / Telling of freedom ever victorious. / O men of the nation, join the ovation, / Cheering the flag of the land of the free! / Onward, then, brothers! none shall gainsay us! / Under our banner no foe shall dismay us! / Shoulder to shoulder, bolder and bolder, / Shout acclamation to the flag of the free!
  • [verse 2] Banner triumphant starry and beaming! / O’er the world rising / Like the great sun-dawn, lo, the flag streaming, / Shall lead in the battle through the death-rattle! / Glorious flag of the land of the free! / Forward, then, comrades! though night be o’er us / Victory’s with us, and peace is before us. / Though through death’s portal, life is immortal! / God and our banner and the land of the free!
Musical Genre
High-class ballad
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
  • Text only, with ornamental dividers and an elaborate enclosure around the subtitle.
  • Top: Awarded / One Thousand Dollar Prize / by the / National Song Contest
  • Below composer’s name: Price 60 cents
Back Cover Description
Blank.
Interior Description
  • p. [2]: Lyrics printed as poem
  • Plate numbers: pp. 4, 5, BL: America Triumphant 4
Performance Medium
Voice and piano.  
Local Identifier
nda163_065
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
TitleAmerica Triumphant
Alternative Title
  • Cover: America Triumphant / Hymn to the Flag
  • p. 3: America Triumphant / (Hymn to the Flag)
ComposerPinsuti, Giuseppe  
LyricistChild, Perley A.  
PublisherLuckhardt & Belder  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of CopyrightNo copyright registered.
Physical Description1 score, voice and piano ([1-2], 3-5, [1] p.)
Comment
  • Though this song won the second prize in a “National Song Contest,” it had no discernable impact.
  • Luckhardt & Belder
  • 8 West 45th Street.
Historical Note
  • The copyright line indicates that the 1919 copyright was initially by the Star Company and was then assigned to Giuseppe Pinsutti. The Star Company was the parent company for William Hearst’s newspapers, specifically the New York American and the New York Evening Journal.
  • The national song contest noted on the cover was sponsored by the Hearst newspapers, and the results were announced on April 27; hence publication must have been in May or later. “American Triumphant” finished in second place, ahead of entries submitted by Al Jolson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, George Gershwin, and other lesser lights.
  • This was the only printing, and no piano rolls or recordings have been found, nor any performances or advertisements.
Musical NoteA high-class ballad that exhibits some features of a slow march ballad (fanfare figures, an occasional walking bass), this song makes generous use of expressive indications and rubato.
DedicationDedication
Subject - Topic
  • World War, 1914-1918  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
  • Patriotic music  
  • Flags  
  • Songs and music  
Subject - GeographicUnited States  
Subject - Temporal1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [verse 1] Fling out our banner, radiant and glorious, / Wide to the heavens, / Telling of freedom ever victorious. / O men of the nation, join the ovation, / Cheering the flag of the land of the free! / Onward, then, brothers! none shall gainsay us! / Under our banner no foe shall dismay us! / Shoulder to shoulder, bolder and bolder, / Shout acclamation to the flag of the free!
  • [verse 2] Banner triumphant starry and beaming! / O’er the world rising / Like the great sun-dawn, lo, the flag streaming, / Shall lead in the battle through the death-rattle! / Glorious flag of the land of the free! / Forward, then, comrades! though night be o’er us / Victory’s with us, and peace is before us. / Though through death’s portal, life is immortal! / God and our banner and the land of the free!
Musical GenreHigh-class ballad
RepositoryNewberry Library
RightsNoC-US
Rights DescriptionThe 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
  • Text only, with ornamental dividers and an elaborate enclosure around the subtitle.
  • Top: Awarded / One Thousand Dollar Prize / by the / National Song Contest
  • Below composer’s name: Price 60 cents
Back Cover DescriptionBlank.
Interior Description
  • p. [2]: Lyrics printed as poem
  • Plate numbers: pp. 4, 5, BL: America Triumphant 4
Performance MediumVoice and piano.  
Local Identifiernda163_065
Collection TitleJames Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
CollectionWorld War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music

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