Alsace Lorraine
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Descriptive Information
| Title | Alsace Lorraine |
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| Composer | Muir, Lewis F. (Frank) |
| Lyricist | Gilbert, L. (Louis) Wolfe |
| Publisher | F. A. Mills |
| Year of Publication | 1914 |
| Date of Copyright | 1914-09-01 |
| Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1-2], 3-5, [1] p.) |
| Comment | Alsace Lorraine and "The Land of My Best Girl," both humorous depictions of a lover beset with divided national loyalties, were written nearly simultaneously, and a controversy ensued about precedence and originality. "Alsace Lorraine" was far less successful, though it was popular enough to be reprinted and issued on piano roll. It had a modest second life in 1915 as an instrumental number. |
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| Musical Note | This song juxtaposes a ballad-style verse ("Moderato con espressione") in quadruple meter with a march-song refrain ("Marcia") in duple meter. The form is slightly unusual, with a twelve-bar verse and a conventional, thirty-two-bar refrain. Musical features are characteristic of both styles: melodic leaps and chromatic inflections in the verse; walking bass, dotted rhythms and fanfare fills in the refrain. An ossia high note brings the style slightly back towards a ballad at the end. The refrain is built upon the four-note phrase that opens the penultimate line of La Marseillaise ("Marchons, marchons"), quoting it explicitly three times. |
| Dedication | Dedication |
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| Subject - Temporal | 1911-1920 |
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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. |
| Artist | De Takacs, André C. [Chevalier] |
| Cover Description | A puzzled man, scratching his head, back to the viewer, regards the German flag (on the left, labeled “father’s land”) and the French flag (on the right, labeled “mother’s land”); superimposed on these are images of his father and mother, respectively; the standards form a V within which is situated his sweetheart (labeled “Alsace Lorraine”). Black red and blue on white; signed BL. |
| Back Cover Description | Samples and text, in simple frame: Heavy on the Catsup (© 1913 12 26); Camp Meeting Band (© 1914 01 05). |
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| Performance Medium | Voice and piano. |
| Original Location | Box 163 |
| Local Identifier | nda163_039 |
| 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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