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Buy a Bond, Buy a Bond for Liberty

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Title
Buy a bond, buy a bond for liberty - Lyrics
Composer
Threlkeld, Erle  
Lyricist
Threlkeld, Erle  
Publisher
Erle & Leo Music Pub. Co.  
Year of Publication
1918  
Local Identifier
2014_12996_086
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
Buy a Bond, Buy a Bond for Liberty
Composer
Threlkeld, Erle  
Lyricist
Threlkeld, Erle  
Publisher
Erle & Leo Music Pub. Co.  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-04-27
Physical Description
1 score ([1], [2-3], [1] p.)
Type
Musical notation  
Comment
Judging by the publication history, the number of surviving copies, and references in journals and newspapers this title enjoyed considerable success, though it was neither recorded nor identified with specific performers.
Historical Note
  • A second edition was issued by Seidel Music, Indianapolis. Threlkeld (Erle & Leo) evidently sold the copyright and the plates to Seidel before October 18, when the Seidel publication was advertised on the back cover to Threlkeld’s “Till We Meet Again.” There “Buy a Bond” is specifically associated with the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, which began on September 28, 1918
  • however, there are newspaper accounts of performances as early as August 22. Threlkeld made reference to his authorship in a December 21, 1918, advertisement in The Billboard, but did not list the title among his publications for sale. Seidel altered the cover and back cover and added advertisements and slogans to the interior in two stages, forming two printings, both evidently before the armistice on November 11. During World War II a new copyright was taken out (January 7, 1943) by Isidor Seidel, of Chicago, for “Buy a Bond, Buy a Bond for Victory,” words and music credited to Dewey A. Seidel and Erle Threlkeld.
Musical Note
A vigorous march song, marked “marcia,” the music evokes bugle calls in general, with specific quotations and variations of Assembly, notably at the end of the verse, when voice and piano offer different variants simultaneously. Harmony and melody follow the conventions for a march, with syncopation in the verse and passing chromatic inflections throughout.
Repository
Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
This item is in the public domain.
Back Cover Description
  • sample for @For-get-me-not@ (Erle Threlkeld
  • © 1918 04 29)
Local Identifier
2014_12996_086
Collection Title
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleBuy a Bond, Buy a Bond for Liberty
ComposerThrelkeld, Erle  
LyricistThrelkeld, Erle  
PublisherErle & Leo Music Pub. Co.  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-04-27
Physical Description1 score ([1], [2-3], [1] p.)
TypeMusical notation  
CommentJudging by the publication history, the number of surviving copies, and references in journals and newspapers this title enjoyed considerable success, though it was neither recorded nor identified with specific performers.
Historical Note
  • A second edition was issued by Seidel Music, Indianapolis. Threlkeld (Erle & Leo) evidently sold the copyright and the plates to Seidel before October 18, when the Seidel publication was advertised on the back cover to Threlkeld’s “Till We Meet Again.” There “Buy a Bond” is specifically associated with the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, which began on September 28, 1918
  • however, there are newspaper accounts of performances as early as August 22. Threlkeld made reference to his authorship in a December 21, 1918, advertisement in The Billboard, but did not list the title among his publications for sale. Seidel altered the cover and back cover and added advertisements and slogans to the interior in two stages, forming two printings, both evidently before the armistice on November 11. During World War II a new copyright was taken out (January 7, 1943) by Isidor Seidel, of Chicago, for “Buy a Bond, Buy a Bond for Victory,” words and music credited to Dewey A. Seidel and Erle Threlkeld.
Musical NoteA vigorous march song, marked “marcia,” the music evokes bugle calls in general, with specific quotations and variations of Assembly, notably at the end of the verse, when voice and piano offer different variants simultaneously. Harmony and melody follow the conventions for a march, with syncopation in the verse and passing chromatic inflections throughout.
RepositorySousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionThis item is in the public domain.
Back Cover Description
  • sample for @For-get-me-not@ (Erle Threlkeld
  • © 1918 04 29)
Local Identifier2014_12996_086
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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