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Notated Music War songs

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About this Item

Title

  • War songs

Names

  • Stevens, Vernon T., composer
  • Lewis, Henry, active 1919, composer
  • Johnson, Howard E., 1887-1941, composer
  • Frisch, Billy, 1892-, composer
  • Reid, Ivan, active 1918, composer
  • De Rose, Peter, 1900-1953, composer
  • Bowles, Fred G., lyricist
  • Sanderson, W. (Wilfred), composer
  • Godfrey, Fred, 1880-1953, composer
  • Scott, Bennett, 1875-1930, composer
  • Mills, A. J. (Songwriter), composer

Created / Published

  • [United States : Publisher not indicated, 1917?]

Contents

  • We're Custer's Soldier Boys / words and music by Vernon T. Stevens -- I'd like to see the Kaiser with a lily in his hand / by Henry Lewis, Howard Johnson, and Billy Frisch -- That's all one mother can do / by Ivan Reid and P. De Rose -- God be with our boys tonight / words by Fred G. Bowles ; music by Wilfrid Sanderson -- Take me back to dear old Blighty / written and composed by A. J. Mills, Fred Godfrey & Bennett Scott.

Headings

  • -  Popular music--United States--1911-1920
  • -  World War, 1914-1918--Songs and music

Notes

  • -  For voice and piano.
  • -  "Part four-page three."
  • -  Staff notation.

Medium

  • 1 score (7 unnumbered pages) ; 28 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1646 .W

Source Collection

  • Performing Arts Encyclopedia
  • WWI sheet music

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014564964

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Bowles, Fred G., Lyricist. War Songs. composeds by Stevens, Vernon T, Lewis, Henry, Active 1919, Johnson, Howard E, Frisch, Billy, Reid, Ivan, Active 1918, De Rose, Peter, Sanderson, W, Godfrey, Fred, Scott, Bennett, and Mills, A. J [United States: Publisher not indicated, ?, 1917] Notated Music. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014564964/.

APA citation style:

Bowles, F. G. (1917) War Songs. Stevens, V. T., Lewis, H., Johnson, H. E., Frisch, B., Reid, I., De Rose, P. [...] Mills, A. J., comps [United States: Publisher not indicated, ?] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014564964/.

MLA citation style:

Bowles, Fred G., Lyricist. War Songs. comp by Stevens, Vernon T, et al [United States: Publisher not indicated, ?, 1917] Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2014564964/>.