This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...anthem, he would probably pass by the rollicking "Yankee Doodle," and the bombastic "Hail Columbia," and acknowledge only the "Star-spangled Banner." In Europe they have decided the matter differently. It is necessary, on state occasions abroad, when music plays its part in festivities, to know definitely what melody ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...anthem, he would probably pass by the rollicking "Yankee Doodle," and the bombastic "Hail Columbia," and acknowledge only the "Star-spangled Banner." In Europe they have decided the matter differently. It is necessary, on state occasions abroad, when music plays its part in festivities, to know definitely what melody to perform as compliment to each nation. On such occasions the European bands play "Hail Columbia" as their homage to the United States. It was played, in such manner, when the first American war-ship passed through the canal at Kiel, in Germany, and when Edison entered the Paris Grand Opera House, in 1889, it was "Hail Columbia" which conveyed the homage of the French people to America in the person of the great electrician. Yet "Hail Columbia" has become the most threadbare of our national songs; it is a representative of a bygone epoch of braggadocio and extreme hyperbole; it is as hopelessly antiquated as the Fourth of July Song, or the Ode upon the opening of a bridge, printed in a preceding chapter. Yet it remains interesting as a realistic picture of its time. It arose in a manner which in itself would forbid its being an art work of highest class; the cart, in this case, was put before the horse, the music written long before the words, the poetry forced upon the tune afterward. During the Revolution there was a very tawdry march often played by the American bands, entitled "The Washington March." When Washington was elected the first President of the United States, some musician hit on the idea of composing something better to celebrate the event and for performance on public occasions thenceforward. Again we find the conflicting stories connected with the compositio...
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Very Good. No DJ Issued. Size: 0x0x0; Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 338 p. Audience: General/trade. VG+/No Dj, hardback, Reprint, ex-college library with usual library features. 2580.
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