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Battle Cry of Freedom, The
George Frederick Root (arr. Jay Bocook)
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General Info
Year: 1862 / 2001
Duration: c. 2:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Battle Cry of Freedom, also known as Rally 'Round the Flag, is a song written in 1862 by American composer George Frederick Root (1820–1895) during the American Civil War. A patriotic song advocating the causes of Unionism and abolitionism, it became so popular that composer H. L. Schreiner and lyricist W. H. Barnes adapted it for the Confederacy.
A modified Union version was used as the campaign song for the Lincoln-Johnson ticket in the 1864 presidential election, as well as in elections after the war, such as for Garfield in the 1880 U.S. presidential election. The song was so popular that the music publisher had 14 printing presses going at one time and still could not keep up with demand. It is estimated that over 700,000 copies of this song were put in circulation. Louis Moreau Gottschalk thought so highly of the song that in his diary he confided that he thought "it should be our national anthem" and used it as the basis for his 1863 concert paraphrase for solo piano Le Cri de Délivrance, opus 55, and dedicated it to Root, who was a personal friend. Charles Ives quoted the song in his own patriotic song, They Are There.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Atascadero (Calif.) Community Band (Carlos Gama, Jr., conductor) – 5 July 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
- The Battle Cry of Freedom (arr. Bocook) (1862/2001)
- Battle Cry of Freedom (arr. Nowak) (1862/1973)
- Battle Cry of Freedom (arr. O'Toole) (1862/2014)
- Battle Cry for Freedom, The (arr. Noah D. Taylor) (1862/2015)
- Departed Days
- Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
- The Vacant Chair (arr. Hettinga) (1862/1999/2000)
Resources
- Battle Cry of Freedom, Wikipedia Accessed 26 June 2016
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "George Frederick Root." Accessed 26 June 2016