Civil War Music

Civil War has been chosen for study primarily because the songs.  Civil War Music. Music has the power to reveal the perceptions and deep feelings of a people at a particular time. The Civil War, one of the most deeply felt episodes in our history, has left a heritage of music that reflects those feelings in the most vivid way. We often associate bugle calls and drum rolls with military life. Students view an image of song lyrics from a chosen Civil War era. Civil War Music Analysis Worksheet . Composed with the deliberate intention of stirring the emotions, music can become iconic over time, evoking compelling feelings and memories in an individual or a broad listening audience. Explore the Civil War through multiple perspectives. Music could be heard throughout the Civil War amongst soldiers, sailors, slaves, women, men.

The Civil War - Themed Resources From The Teachers Page
http://loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/civil-war/

Today in History May 23
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may23.html

Patriotic Melodies From I Hear America Singing
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/patriotic/patriotic-home.html

The Army of the Potomac Paraded Down Pennsylvania Avenue From America’s
Library: Jump Back in Time – May 23
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_parade_1.html

Johney I hardly knew ye
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/amss:@field(DOCID+@lit(as106810))

When Johnny comes marching home; Soldier’s Return March. 1863
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/dukesm:@field(DOCID+@lit(ncdhasm.a5654))

For Hayes and Wheeler we are marching on
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/amss:@field(DOCID+@lit(as104060))

Our “Mac” shall march to Washington. c1864
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/amss:@field(DOCID+@lit(as110570))

Wyld’s Military Map of the United States 1861
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@
band(g3701s+cw0019000))+@field(COLLID +cwmap))

Map of the Confederate States of America 1910
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(glva01+lva00071))

A bugler: Drawing by Alfred Waud 1860-1865
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004660799/

Union soldiers and band marching through a city street on their way to join the Civil War.
Photographic print. c1865. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/var1995002135/PP/

“Johney I Hardly Knew Ye.” Dublin: Brereton, n.d. From Library of Congress, America
Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/amss:@field(DOCID+@lit(as106810))

Lambert, Louis.  “When Johnny comes marching home [sheet music].” Boston: Henry Tolman
& Co., 1863. From Library of Congress: Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200001128/default.html

“When Johnny comes marching home.” Philadelphia: Johnson, n.d. From Library of Congress,
I Hear America Singing.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.rbc.cw.106530/default.html

“Gilmore, Patrick S.” n.d. From Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Online
Catalog.
http://loc.gov/pictures/item/99471795/

Anderson, A. “When the Boys Come Marching Home.” Philadelphia: Anderson, Jan. 1864.
From Library of Congress, America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/amss:@field(DOCID+@lit(as114850))

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