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Title
American Flag Song  
Alternative Title
  • Cover: American Flag Song (From Glory unto Glory)  
  • p. 1: American Flag Song / "From Glory unto Glory"  
Composer
Camilieri, L. [Lorenzo]  
Lyricist
Van Dyke, Henry  
Publisher
Boston : Oliver Ditson Co.  
Year of Publication
1919  
Date of Copyright
1919-01-15
Physical Description
1 score, mixed voices and piano ([1-2], 1-4, [7-8] p.)
Type
Musical notation  
Comment
Although Ditson gave this title the usual publicity, Camilieri himself appears not to have promoted it. It received scattered amateur performances over nearly a decade, but otherwise seems to have passed essentially unnoticed.
Historical Note
  • Henry van Dyke, the lyricist, was a well-known poet who was a strong and visible supporter of Camilieri's "People's Chorus"; Camilieri had previously set at least two of van Dyke's texts.   
  • This is the second of two printings. Ditson’s usual practice was to deposit a first printing, for copyright only, that had identical music but no covers.  
  • Beginning in January 1919, Oliver Ditson publicized this title among its "Choruses of Peace and Victory" in various educational and cultivated music periodicals. Oddly, however, Camilieri appears never to have performed it, although he was the director of the "People's Liberty Chorus" in New York. No recordings or piano rolls have been found.  
Musical Note
Written in an elevated style, this title resembles both an anthem and a march ballad, with expressive markings and rubato. Marked "martial" and in forthright quadruple meter, it makes prominent use of walking bass and pervasive chromaticism, with a modulation to the mediant minor in the refrain. The form is slightly unusual, with the verse extended to eighteen measures and the conventional sixteen-bar refrain created by repeating the poetic text.
Dedication
Dedication
Subject - Topic
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music.  
  • Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920.  
  • Flags -- United States -- Songs and music.  
  • Anthems -- United States.  
  • Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano.  
Subject - Geographic
United States  
Lyrics
  • [verse 1] O dark the night and dim the day / Where first our flag arose, / It flutter'd bravely in the fray / To meet o'erwhelming foes. / Our fathers saw the splendor shine, / They dared and suffer'd all, / They won our freedom by the sign, / The holy sign, the radiant sign / Of the stars that never fall.
  • [refrain 1] All hail to thee, Young Glory! / Among the flags of earth / We'll ne'er forget the story / Of thy heroic birth. / All hail to thee, Young Glory! / Among the flags of earth / We'll ne'er forget the story / Of thy heroic birth.
  • [verse 2] O wild the later storm that shook / The pillars of the State, / When brother against brother took / The final arms of fate. / But union lived, and peace divine / Enfolded brothers all, / The flag floats o'er them with the sign, / The loyal sign, the equal sign, / Of the stars that never fall.
  • [refrain 2] All hail to thee, Old Glory! / Of thee our hearts desire / Foretells a golden story, / For thou hast come thro' fire. / All hail to thee, Old Glory! / Of thee our hearts desire / Foretells a golden story, / For thou hast come thro' fire.
  • [verse 3] O fiercer than all was before / That raged on land or sea, / The Giant Robber's worldwide war / For the things that shall not be! / Thy sister banners hold the line; / To thee, dear flag they call; / And thou hast join'd them with the sign, / The heav'nly sign, the victor sign, / Of the stars that never fall.
  • [refrain 3] All hail to thee, New Glory! / We follow thee unfurl'd / To write the larger story / Of Freedom for the world. / All hail to thee, New Glory! / We follow thee unfurl'd / To write the larger story / Of Freedom for the world.
Musical Genre
Anthem
Repository
Newberry Library
Rights
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
List of titles, in decorative border: Choruses of Peace & Victory  
Back Cover Description
List of titles, in simple border with tassels and stars in corners: Patriotic Songs.  
Interior Description
  • p. [2]: List of titles, in simple border with tassels and stars in corners: Patriotic Music / Mixed Voices.   
  • p. [7]: List of titles, in simple border with tassels and stars in corners: Patriotic Music / Men’s Voices / Women’s Voices.   
  • p. 1, BL: No. 15,373 – 10¢  
  • Plate numbers: pp. 1-4, BR: 72972-4  
Performance Medium
Mixed voices and piano.  
Original Location
Box 163
Local Identifier
nda163_090  
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
TitleAmerican Flag Song  
Alternative Title
  • Cover: American Flag Song (From Glory unto Glory)  
  • p. 1: American Flag Song / "From Glory unto Glory"  
ComposerCamilieri, L. [Lorenzo]  
LyricistVan Dyke, Henry  
PublisherBoston : Oliver Ditson Co.  
Year of Publication1919  
Date of Copyright1919-01-15
Physical Description1 score, mixed voices and piano ([1-2], 1-4, [7-8] p.)
TypeMusical notation  
CommentAlthough Ditson gave this title the usual publicity, Camilieri himself appears not to have promoted it. It received scattered amateur performances over nearly a decade, but otherwise seems to have passed essentially unnoticed.
Historical Note
  • Henry van Dyke, the lyricist, was a well-known poet who was a strong and visible supporter of Camilieri's "People's Chorus"; Camilieri had previously set at least two of van Dyke's texts.   
  • This is the second of two printings. Ditson’s usual practice was to deposit a first printing, for copyright only, that had identical music but no covers.  
  • Beginning in January 1919, Oliver Ditson publicized this title among its "Choruses of Peace and Victory" in various educational and cultivated music periodicals. Oddly, however, Camilieri appears never to have performed it, although he was the director of the "People's Liberty Chorus" in New York. No recordings or piano rolls have been found.  
Musical NoteWritten in an elevated style, this title resembles both an anthem and a march ballad, with expressive markings and rubato. Marked "martial" and in forthright quadruple meter, it makes prominent use of walking bass and pervasive chromaticism, with a modulation to the mediant minor in the refrain. The form is slightly unusual, with the verse extended to eighteen measures and the conventional sixteen-bar refrain created by repeating the poetic text.
DedicationDedication
Subject - Topic
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music.  
  • Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920.  
  • Flags -- United States -- Songs and music.  
  • Anthems -- United States.  
  • Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano.  
Subject - GeographicUnited States  
Lyrics
  • [verse 1] O dark the night and dim the day / Where first our flag arose, / It flutter'd bravely in the fray / To meet o'erwhelming foes. / Our fathers saw the splendor shine, / They dared and suffer'd all, / They won our freedom by the sign, / The holy sign, the radiant sign / Of the stars that never fall.
  • [refrain 1] All hail to thee, Young Glory! / Among the flags of earth / We'll ne'er forget the story / Of thy heroic birth. / All hail to thee, Young Glory! / Among the flags of earth / We'll ne'er forget the story / Of thy heroic birth.
  • [verse 2] O wild the later storm that shook / The pillars of the State, / When brother against brother took / The final arms of fate. / But union lived, and peace divine / Enfolded brothers all, / The flag floats o'er them with the sign, / The loyal sign, the equal sign, / Of the stars that never fall.
  • [refrain 2] All hail to thee, Old Glory! / Of thee our hearts desire / Foretells a golden story, / For thou hast come thro' fire. / All hail to thee, Old Glory! / Of thee our hearts desire / Foretells a golden story, / For thou hast come thro' fire.
  • [verse 3] O fiercer than all was before / That raged on land or sea, / The Giant Robber's worldwide war / For the things that shall not be! / Thy sister banners hold the line; / To thee, dear flag they call; / And thou hast join'd them with the sign, / The heav'nly sign, the victor sign, / Of the stars that never fall.
  • [refrain 3] All hail to thee, New Glory! / We follow thee unfurl'd / To write the larger story / Of Freedom for the world. / All hail to thee, New Glory! / We follow thee unfurl'd / To write the larger story / Of Freedom for the world.
Musical GenreAnthem
RepositoryNewberry Library
RightsThe 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 DescriptionList of titles, in decorative border: Choruses of Peace & Victory  
Back Cover DescriptionList of titles, in simple border with tassels and stars in corners: Patriotic Songs.  
Interior Description
  • p. [2]: List of titles, in simple border with tassels and stars in corners: Patriotic Music / Mixed Voices.   
  • p. [7]: List of titles, in simple border with tassels and stars in corners: Patriotic Music / Men’s Voices / Women’s Voices.   
  • p. 1, BL: No. 15,373 – 10¢  
  • Plate numbers: pp. 1-4, BR: 72972-4  
Performance MediumMixed voices and piano.  
Original LocationBox 163
Local Identifiernda163_090  
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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