America, Dear America
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Descriptive Information
Title | America, Dear America |
Composer | Hyde, W. V. [William Vinton] |
Lyricist | Hyde, W. V. [William Vinton] |
Publisher | Boston : Liberty Music Co. |
Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | 1917-06-25 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
Comment | Hyde’s piece was probably written shortly after the United States entered the war, though it took him two months to prepare a printed version. It appears to have gone entirely unnoticed. |
Historical Note |
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Musical Note | A straightforward march song (marked “Marcia con Spirito”), this title makes good use of drumbeat rhythms, walking bass, and fanfare figures for fills. Both the verse and the refrain paraphrase “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” with the first phrase of the refrain being a nearly perfect quotation. In 1917 this melody was widely known as a college song, with lyrics proclaiming loyalty to alma mater, and this could well be the intended reference. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | United States. |
Lyrics |
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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 |
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Back Cover Description | Blank. |
Interior Description | Plate number: p. 3, BL: America, Dear America 3 |
Performance Medium | Voice and piano. |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_024 |
Collection | World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
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