Aloha, Soldier Boy
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Descriptive Information
Title | Aloha, Soldier Boy |
Composer | Smith, Walter Wallace |
Lyricist | Carter, Sidney |
Publisher | San Francisco : Daniels & Wilson Incorporated Music Publishers |
Year of Publication | 1918 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-08-30 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1], [2]-3, [1] p.) |
Comment | This ballad, a late addition to the Hawaiian craze, and written near the close of the War, had only limited success, largely on the West Coast, though the two piano rolls reached a somewhat wider audience. A New York Dramatic Mirror reviewer characterized the music and words as "commonplace." |
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Musical Note | This Hawaiian ballad follows the conventions of the genre: oscillating (swaying) dotted figures, gentle syncopation, glissandi and grace notes, upward leaps of a sixth. |
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Musical Genre | Hawaiian ballad |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
Rights | No Copyright - United States |
Artist | Cameron, W. R. [William Ross] |
Printer | Back cover, bottom: Alex. Dulfer Printing Co., S. F. |
Cover Description | Soldier and sweetheart, wearing a lei, walking together, facing right; palm trees, sea, mountain, and moon in background; in simple window-like art deco frame; orange and blue, signed BR. |
Back Cover Description | Sample, in simple art deco frame: Dreamy moon (© 1917 11 15) |
Interior Description | Plate number: p. 3, BL: Aloha, Soldier Boy 2 |
Performance Medium | Voice and piano. |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_023 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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