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After the War Is Over Will There Be Any Home Sweet Home?

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Title
After the War Is Over Will There Be Any Home Sweet Home?
Alternative Title
After the War Is Over Will There Be Any “Home Sweet Home”
Composer
Andrieu, Harry  
Lyricist
  • Pourman, E. J. (Elmer Jacob)  
  • Woodruff, Joseph  
Publisher
Joe Morris Music Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Publisher Address
145 W. 45th St.  
Year of Publication
1917  
Date of Copyright
1917-04-19
Physical Description
1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
Comment
Broad & Market Music Co., holders of the original copyright, printed two editions and then evidently sold the rights to Joe Morris Music Co. in early 1918. Morris issued a third edition in at least seven different printings (distinguished by the back covers) and promoted it successfully, especially with piano-roll manufacturers. It does not appear to have been performed widely in vaudeville but did attain some popularity with amateurs. Of at least six songs issued in 1917 with similar or identical titles, this was by far the most successful. In summer of 1918 the song was accused of damaging morale; and in August 1918, Morris copyrighted and issued a new version, a fourth edition, with lyrics rewritten by Andrew B. Sterling and with a shorter title: “After the war is over.”
Historical Note
  • One recording and eight piano rolls were released; and as these were disseminated, the song became widely popular, as evidenced by notices in local papers and by the number of surviving copies of the sheet music.
  • This is the fourth printing of the third edition and probably dates from the first half of 1918. The first two editions were issued by the Broad & Market Music Co., Newark, NJ, which copyrighted the song, and who remains the copyright holder indicated at the bottom of p. 2. The first edition was promoted briefly but intensively, with considerable success; then the song languished until Stern purchased the rights.
  • Composer and lyricist are given correctly on p. 2; on the cover, the music is attributed to Joseph Woodruff and the words to E. J. Pourmon.
Musical Note
The refrain of this waltz ballad closes by quoting the second phrase of “Home Sweet Home,” which also constitutes the piano introduction. As a whole, both words and music are closely modeled on “After the Ball”; meter and rhyme scheme are virtually identical, and the chorus quotes several lines with only slight alterations. The harmonic structure closely resembles the model, and the same secondary dominant is used to prepare the final phrase of the chorus. The melody, however, is primarily stepwise, with expressive chromaticism, unlike the arpeggiated melody of “After the Ball.”
Dedication
Dedication
Subject - Topic
  • Soldiers  
  • Death  
  • Songs and music  
  • Home  
  • Peace  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
  • World War, 1914-1918  
Subject - Geographic
United States  
Subject - Temporal
1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] Changed will be the picture of the foreign lands, / Maps will change entirely to diff’rent hands. / Kings and Queens may ever rule their fellow man, / But pray they’ll be united like our own free land.
  • [refrain 1] After the war is over and the world’s at peace, / Many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased. / Many a home will be vacant, Many a child be alone, / But I hope they’ll all be happy in a place called “Home sweet Home”.
  • [verse 1] Angels they are weeping o’er the foreign war, / Transports are sailing from shore to shore. / Brave heroes are falling to arise no more, / But still the bugle’s calling every man to war.
Musical Genre
Waltz 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.
Artist
Pfeiffer Illustrating Co.  
Printer
F. J. Lawson Co. (New York, NY)  
Cover Description
Above, as if in a cloud, a mother, seated before a hearth in a Queen Anne chair, consoling two children (daughters); the whole is wrapped in smoke from the scene below: battlefield destruction, with a heap of ruined artillery and a dead soldier (a drummer-boy). BR, oval photographic inset of Joseph Woodruff. Red and blue on white paper, forming a red, white, and blue border; signed BL, in frame.
Back Cover Description
At top, “Two songs that should be in every home”; samples and covers for We’re Going Over (© 1917 08 04) and We’re Going Over the Top (© 1918 01 03), with two lists of titles, the whole in an ornate frame with flowers and scrollwork. Unsigned.
Interior Description
  • p. 3, BR: F.J.Lawson Co. N.Y.
  • Plate number: p. 3, BL: After The War.
  • Cover, BL: 5
  • Cover, below inset: Featured by J. Woodruff
Performance Medium
Voice and piano  
Original Location
Box 163
Local Identifier
nda163_076
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
TitleAfter the War Is Over Will There Be Any Home Sweet Home?
Alternative TitleAfter the War Is Over Will There Be Any “Home Sweet Home”
ComposerAndrieu, Harry  
Lyricist
  • Pourman, E. J. (Elmer Jacob)  
  • Woodruff, Joseph  
PublisherJoe Morris Music Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Publisher Address145 W. 45th St.  
Year of Publication1917  
Date of Copyright1917-04-19
Physical Description1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
CommentBroad & Market Music Co., holders of the original copyright, printed two editions and then evidently sold the rights to Joe Morris Music Co. in early 1918. Morris issued a third edition in at least seven different printings (distinguished by the back covers) and promoted it successfully, especially with piano-roll manufacturers. It does not appear to have been performed widely in vaudeville but did attain some popularity with amateurs. Of at least six songs issued in 1917 with similar or identical titles, this was by far the most successful. In summer of 1918 the song was accused of damaging morale; and in August 1918, Morris copyrighted and issued a new version, a fourth edition, with lyrics rewritten by Andrew B. Sterling and with a shorter title: “After the war is over.”
Historical Note
  • One recording and eight piano rolls were released; and as these were disseminated, the song became widely popular, as evidenced by notices in local papers and by the number of surviving copies of the sheet music.
  • This is the fourth printing of the third edition and probably dates from the first half of 1918. The first two editions were issued by the Broad & Market Music Co., Newark, NJ, which copyrighted the song, and who remains the copyright holder indicated at the bottom of p. 2. The first edition was promoted briefly but intensively, with considerable success; then the song languished until Stern purchased the rights.
  • Composer and lyricist are given correctly on p. 2; on the cover, the music is attributed to Joseph Woodruff and the words to E. J. Pourmon.
Musical NoteThe refrain of this waltz ballad closes by quoting the second phrase of “Home Sweet Home,” which also constitutes the piano introduction. As a whole, both words and music are closely modeled on “After the Ball”; meter and rhyme scheme are virtually identical, and the chorus quotes several lines with only slight alterations. The harmonic structure closely resembles the model, and the same secondary dominant is used to prepare the final phrase of the chorus. The melody, however, is primarily stepwise, with expressive chromaticism, unlike the arpeggiated melody of “After the Ball.”
DedicationDedication
Subject - Topic
  • Soldiers  
  • Death  
  • Songs and music  
  • Home  
  • Peace  
  • Songs and music  
  • Popular music  
  • World War, 1914-1918  
Subject - GeographicUnited States  
Subject - Temporal1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] Changed will be the picture of the foreign lands, / Maps will change entirely to diff’rent hands. / Kings and Queens may ever rule their fellow man, / But pray they’ll be united like our own free land.
  • [refrain 1] After the war is over and the world’s at peace, / Many a heart will be aching after the war has ceased. / Many a home will be vacant, Many a child be alone, / But I hope they’ll all be happy in a place called “Home sweet Home”.
  • [verse 1] Angels they are weeping o’er the foreign war, / Transports are sailing from shore to shore. / Brave heroes are falling to arise no more, / But still the bugle’s calling every man to war.
Musical GenreWaltz 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.
ArtistPfeiffer Illustrating Co.  
PrinterF. J. Lawson Co. (New York, NY)  
Cover DescriptionAbove, as if in a cloud, a mother, seated before a hearth in a Queen Anne chair, consoling two children (daughters); the whole is wrapped in smoke from the scene below: battlefield destruction, with a heap of ruined artillery and a dead soldier (a drummer-boy). BR, oval photographic inset of Joseph Woodruff. Red and blue on white paper, forming a red, white, and blue border; signed BL, in frame.
Back Cover DescriptionAt top, “Two songs that should be in every home”; samples and covers for We’re Going Over (© 1917 08 04) and We’re Going Over the Top (© 1918 01 03), with two lists of titles, the whole in an ornate frame with flowers and scrollwork. Unsigned.
Interior Description
  • p. 3, BR: F.J.Lawson Co. N.Y.
  • Plate number: p. 3, BL: After The War.
  • Cover, BL: 5
  • Cover, below inset: Featured by J. Woodruff
Performance MediumVoice and piano  
Original LocationBox 163
Local Identifiernda163_076
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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