The Old U. S. We're Fighting For
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| Title | The Old U. S. We're Fighting For |
| Composer | Dolen, Tade |
| Lyricist | Dolen, Tade |
| Publisher | The Frances-Clifford Music Publishing Co. |
| Place of Publication | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Year of Publication | 1918 |
| Date of Copyright | No copyright registered |
| Physical Description | 1 score ([1], 2-3, [1] p.) |
| Comment | Frances-Clifford made a dutiful effort to promote this title, with at least one trade advertisement and an arrangement for orchestra, but it seems never to have caught on. In an interview in mid-July 1918 the company claimed to have issued a second edition, but there is no evidence of that; nor are there traces of any performances other than by the composer. |
| Historical Note | This appears to have been the only printing, despite the publisher’s claim to have issued a second edition; and no piano rolls or recordings have been found. Only one performance is documented, by the composer, on October 1, 1917. Quite possibly Dolen wrote his song shortly after the United States entered the war, or after he himself registered for the draft, on June 5, 1917. Though no copyright was registered, the publication by Frances-Clifford must have appeared in the three weeks between April 25, 1918, when copyright was registered for the music advertised on the back cover, and May 15, when it itself was listed in an advertisement. |
| Musical Note | This march song, marked “March Moderato” but marketed in its instrumental form as a one-step, makes use of occasional walking bass, rat-a-tat-tat rhythms, and passing chromaticism, but it is most noteworthy for its extensive and skilful use of musical quotations: “America” and “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp” (both with the original words); and the “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Yankee Doodle” and “Dixie” (repeatedly), in passing or as fill. |
| Dedication | Dedication |
| Subject - Topic | |
| Subject - Geographic | United States |
| Subject - Temporal | 1911-1920 |
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| Musical Genre | March song. |
| 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 | Natwick, Grim |
| Printer | H. S. Talbot Co. (Chicago, IL) |
| Cover Description | Soldiers with rifles, bayonets fixed, crossing a battlefield, barbed wire fence behind them; the whole superimposed on a map of the United States. Black, red, and blue on white; signed BR. |
| Back Cover Description | Sample: Don’t You Hear Me Calling, Dear? (© 1918 04 25) |
| Interior Description | P3, BL: The Old U.S. We’re Fighting For. 2. P3, BR: H. S. Talbot Co. / Music Printers / Chicago |
| Performance Medium | Voice and piano |
| Original Location | Box 167 |
| Local Identifier | ndo167_056 |
| 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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