A-M-E-R-I-C-A Means "I Love You, My Yankee Land"
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Title | A-M-E-R-I-C-A Means "I Love You, My Yankee Land" |
Alternative Title | p. [2], top: A-M-E-R-I-C-A Means "I Love You, My Yankee Land" |
Composer | Frost, Jack [pseudonym of Harold G. Frost] |
Lyricist | Frost, Jack [pseudonym of Harold G. Frost] |
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Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | 1917-06-22 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1], [2-3], [1] p.) |
Type | Musical notation |
Comment | The publication history suggests this song had little impact, and it received a rather negative review in The New York Clipper (October 6, 1917), but there were scattered amateur performances at least through 1922. The cover image is striking in its marriage of French and British-American text and iconography. |
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Musical Note | A formally conventional march ballad (marked “marcia”), this title was classed as an applause number by The New York Clipper. The harmonies have chromatic inflections; in the chorus the first of each four-bar phrase is syncopated and rat-a-tat-tat interjections finish many phrases, but the rubato at the climax suggests a ballad. The whole is skilled but unexceptional. The first line of the verse explicitly evokes the 1915 hit spelling song, “M-O-T-H-E-R” (Theodore Morse and Howard Johnson), which this title clearly imitates. |
Dedication | Dedication |
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Subject - Geographic | United States |
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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 | Allegorical woman (a fusion of Marianne and Lady Justice), in white robe, seated on a rock with a background of stars; on her modified Phyrgian cap appears “Liberty,” on her robe appears “Equality,” and on the rock below appears “Fraternity,” forming (vertically) the national motto of France; in her right hand she holds a balance labeled “Justice” and her left holds a sword, point resting on the rock, labeled “Righteousness,” the whole forming (horizontally) a pose associated with Lady Justice. Crimson and blue on white; unsigned. |
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Interior Description | Plate number: p. [3], BL: A-M-E-R-I-C-A etc. 2. |
Performance Medium | Voice and piano |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_055 |
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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