I'll Return, Mother Darling, to You
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/e8cf35f0-c556-0134-2373-0050569601ca-3Descriptive Information
Title | I'll Return, Mother Darling, to You |
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Lyricist | Nathan, Casper |
Publisher | Frank K. Root & Co. |
Place of Publication | Chicago (Ill.) |
Year of Publication | 1915 |
Date of Copyright | 1915-04-08 |
Physical Description | 1 score ([1], 3-5 [recte 2-4], [2] p.). Folio. |
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Musical Note | A march ballad (marked “marcia”), with repetitive phrases and a walking bass, suggesting a march, the refrain of this mother song takes on aspects of a ballad, with arching melodies, chromatic inflections, and rubato. The band arrangement was marketed as a one-step. |
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Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
Cover Description | Photogaph (staged): standing soldier, in uniform, embracing tearful mother, holding handkerchief. |
Back Cover Description | Advertisement for “Our Latest Song Successes”. Four rows of samples and covers. Top row: One Wonderful Night (© 1914 02 14) The Kiss That Made You Mine (© 1915 01 30) 2nd row: Roll Along, Harvest Moon (© 1915 01 07) In the Evening by the Moonlight (© 1914 10 06) 3rd row: Sue of the Cumberlands (© 1914 12 15) In the Gloaming I Hear You Calling Me (© 1915 01 07) 4th row: The Hours I Spent with Thee (© 1914 11 10) Sing Me “The Rosary” (© 1913 02 18) |
Interior Description | p[5]: refrain arranged for “Quartet for Mixed or Male Voices” by [Harry L.] Alford and [Carleton L.] Colby |
Performance Medium | voice and piano |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_339 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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