American Crusaders March
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Descriptive Information
Title | American Crusaders March |
Composer | Wood, Will |
Publisher | |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-07-15 |
Physical Description | 1 score, piano solo ([1], 2-3, [1] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
Comment | This instrumental composition, which competed directly with a similar and very successful title issued by the Frances-Clifford Company, seemed to have had little impact, though several copies survive. |
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Musical Note | A conventional march in compound duple meter, Wood's idiomatic piece includes, as expected, a trio that modulates to the subdominant, occasional walking bass, and passing chromaticism. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | United States |
Musical Genre | March |
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 |
Artist | Rosenbaum Studios |
Cover Description | Below, troops in formation bearing rifles, bayonets fixed, marching to the right; above, looking left, an angel with a sash labeled “America,” bearing a palm branch in her left hand, the right hand holding a straight trumpet to her lips. Red, blue, and brown on white; signed with icon, BL. |
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Interior Description | |
Performance Medium | Piano solo. |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_068 |
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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