American Consecration Hymn
Permalink
https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/98bbf490-e466-0135-4ad8-0050569601ca-8The 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
Descriptive Information
Title | American Consecration Hymn |
Composer | Macmillen, Francis |
Lyricist | MacKaye, Percy |
Publisher | New York : Carl Fischer |
Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | 1917-12-31 |
Physical Description | 1 score, mixed voices and piano ([1-2], 3-6, [7-8] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
Comment | First performed by Margaret Woodrow Wilson on October 3, 1917, this title was not copyrighted until three months later. In the meantime it was circulated, perhaps in a private printing, among church and civic groups, receiving at least two performances; then, after publication and promotion by Carl Fisher, it enjoyed considerable and wide-ranging success through the summer of 1918. In the autumn interest faded, and it was heard only rarely, disappearing completely after 1943. |
Historical Note |
|
Musical Note | Labeled a hymn, this composition also resembles a high-class ballad, with a fermata in the penultimate line and frequent expressive markings. Fanfare figures throughout, in the accompaniment as well as the vocal parts, together with a brief modulation to the relative minor and strategic harmonic chromaticism, attest to the training of the composer. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | United States |
Lyrics |
|
Musical Genre | Hymn |
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 | |
Back Cover Description | Blank. |
Interior Description |
|
Performance Medium | Mixed voices and piano. |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_091 |
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 |
Download Options
![]() |
nda163_091-001 | |
![]() |
nda163_091-002 | |
![]() |
nda163_091-003 | |
![]() |
nda163_091-004 | |
![]() |
nda163_091-005 | |
![]() |
nda163_091-006 | |
![]() |
nda163_091-007 |