Somewhere To-night
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/fb620110-c556-0134-2373-0050569601ca-6Descriptive Information
Title | Somewhere To-night |
Composer | Keithley, E. Clinton |
Lyricist | Frost, Harold G. |
Publisher | Frank K. Root & Co. [McKinley Music Co., Owners] |
Place of Publication | Chicago (Ill.) |
Year of Publication | 1916 |
Date of Copyright | 1918-04-10 |
Physical Description | 1 score ([1], 2–5, [6–7], [8] p.) |
Comment | With no recordings or documented performances, this song seems to have had little impact. Its connection to the war is solely through the cover image, and thus it remained marketable after the war ended. In addition to style, format, and price, its “high-class” status is confirmed by the lyricist’s use of his proper forenames (Harold G.), rather than “Jack Frost,” which he used for novelties and lighter numbers. |
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Musical Note | A stereotypical high-class ballad, fully chromatic, with arching melodies, extensive rubato, a leap to the climax, and an ossia high note at the end. The style is reinforced by optional violin and violoncello obbligati, playable singly or together, by an expanded publication of eight pages, and by a higher price. |
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Musical Genre | High-class ballad |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music |
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Back Cover Description | Advertisement for “Late Patriotic Successes”. Four rows of samples: Top row: samples and covers for There’s a Little Blue Star in the Window (© 1918, advertised 1918 01 16) I’m Hitting the Trail to Normandy (© 1917 09 15) Second row: samples for Old Glory Goes Marching On (© 1918 04 10) Will the Angels Guard My Daddy Over There? (© 1918 04 10) When a Boy Says Good Bye to His Mother and She Gives Him To Uncle Sam (© 1917 09 04) Third row: samples for When It Comes to a Lovingless Day (© 1918 01 23) Let the Chimes of Normandy Be Our Wedding Bells (© 1918, advertised 1918 05 15) When the Kaiser Does the Goose-step to a Good Old American Rag (© 1917 10 22) Fourth row: samples and covers for A-M-E-R-I-C-A (© 1917 06 22) Giddy Giddap! Go on, Go on (© 1917 09 04) |
Interior Description | p[6]: Part for Violin Obbligato, with cue staff for the voice. p[7]: Part for Violoncello Obbligato, with cue staff for the voice. p2–5, BL: Somewhere To-night — Medium — 6 |
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Local Identifier | 2014_12996_651 |
Collection Title | James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986 |
Collection | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection |
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