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Title
America (I'm Coming Back to You) - Lyrics
Composer
Tennant, Gilbert C.  
Lyricist
Tennant, Gilbert C.  
Publisher
The Key Music Pub. Co. (Baltimore, MD)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Local Identifier
2014_12996_687
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
America
Alternative Title
  • Cover: America (I'm coming back to you)
  • p. 2, top: America / I'm coming back to you
Composer
Tennant, Gilbert C.  
Lyricist
Tennant, Gilbert C.  
Publisher
Baltimore : The Key Music Pub. Co.  
Year of Publication
1918  
Physical Description
1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
Type
Musical notation  
Comment
This song seems to have had virtually no impact; relatively few copies survive (though there were two printings), and it received no mention in trade journals or newspapers.
Historical Note
  • On the basis of the text, this publication clearly postdates November 11, 1918, when peace was declared.
  • This is the first of two printings; the second corrects two small errors on the cover.
  • There were no recordings or piano rolls made, nor have any performances been identified.
Musical Note
A march song, but distinguished by the incorporation of "semi-high-class" elements: the verse modulates extensively and makes extensive use of the parallel and relative minor keys, and the chorus, though more conventional, includes secondary dominants and chromatic inflections. A rat-a-tat-tat figure appears at the end of several lines, and the opening of "Dixie" is quoted in the bass after the first line of the chorus.
Repository
Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
Back Cover Description
Text: That’s a mother’s reward from her son (© 1917 04 24).
Local Identifier
2014_12996_687
Collection Title
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleAmerica
Alternative Title
  • Cover: America (I'm coming back to you)
  • p. 2, top: America / I'm coming back to you
ComposerTennant, Gilbert C.  
LyricistTennant, Gilbert C.  
PublisherBaltimore : The Key Music Pub. Co.  
Year of Publication1918  
Physical Description1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.)
TypeMusical notation  
CommentThis song seems to have had virtually no impact; relatively few copies survive (though there were two printings), and it received no mention in trade journals or newspapers.
Historical Note
  • On the basis of the text, this publication clearly postdates November 11, 1918, when peace was declared.
  • This is the first of two printings; the second corrects two small errors on the cover.
  • There were no recordings or piano rolls made, nor have any performances been identified.
Musical NoteA march song, but distinguished by the incorporation of "semi-high-class" elements: the verse modulates extensively and makes extensive use of the parallel and relative minor keys, and the chorus, though more conventional, includes secondary dominants and chromatic inflections. A rat-a-tat-tat figure appears at the end of several lines, and the opening of "Dixie" is quoted in the bass after the first line of the chorus.
RepositorySousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsCopyright Undetermined
Back Cover DescriptionText: That’s a mother’s reward from her son (© 1917 04 24).
Local Identifier2014_12996_687
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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