America, He's For You!
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Title | America, He's For You! |
Composer | Sterling, Andrew B. [Benjamin] |
Lyricist | Sterling, Andrew B. [Benjamin] |
Publisher | Joe Morris Music Co. |
Place of Publication | New York (N.Y.) |
Publisher Address | 145 W. 45th St. |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-07-09 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.) |
Comment | This song was neither heavily marketed nor widely performed, but the four printings and the recordings and piano rolls do indicate some interest. Both lyric and music were derivative, and this title suffered in comparison with Sterling's "America, Here's My Boy," which had had considerable success a year earlier. |
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Musical Note | This march song (marked "Tempo di marcia") is generously larded with syncopation, rat-a-tat-tat fills, and walking bass, but it has some characteristics of a ballad: a slower tempo concludes the verse, the harmony approaches full chromaticism, and rubato and fermatas (with an ossia high note) end the refrain. |
Dedication | p. 2, top: Dedicated to Privates James and Raymond Sterling, U. S. A. |
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Subject - Geographic | United States. |
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Musical Genre | March song |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
Artist | Pfeiffer, E. H. [Edward Henry] |
Printer | p. 3, BR, all upper-case: F. J. Lawson Co. |
Cover Description | Uncle Sam (TR), holding a baby (TL); below are two inset photographs, of an adult soldier (BL), and of a youth in military dress, saluting (BR); the baby's head is also a photograph; the whole is encircled by a vine or necklace. Green and orange on white; signed BR. |
Back Cover Description | At top, “Two songs that should be in every home”; samples and covers for After the war is over (© 1917 04 19) and There’s a Service Flag Flying at Our House (© 1917 12 22), with two lists of titles, the whole in an ornate frame with flowers and scrollwork. Unsigned. |
Interior Description | Plate numbers: pp. 2, 3, BL: J. M. Co. 624 _ 2 |
Performance Medium | Voice and piano. |
Original Location |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_027 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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