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Music portal. v. t. e. During the American Civil War, music played a prominent role on each side of the conflict, Union (the North) and Confederate (the South). On the battlefield, different instruments including bugles, drums, and fifes were played to issue marching orders or sometimes simply to boost the morale of one's fellow soldiers.
The original 1862 sheet music cover by Root & Cady. The composer Henry Clay Work in a W. S. B. Matthews engraving. " Kingdom Coming ", or " The Year of Jubilo ", is an American Civil War -era song written and composed by Henry Clay Work (1832–1884) in 1861. It was published by Root & Cady in 1862 and first advertised in April by the minstrel ...
Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album, released in 1991 by Columbia, that presents an assortment of contemporary performers recording period pieces and traditional songs, most of which date back to the American Civil War. [3]
Marching Song of the First Arkansas. Marching Through Georgia. Maryland, My Maryland. The Mermaid (ballad) The Minstrel Boy. My Old Kentucky Home.
Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album of American Civil War music recorded by various artists. [1] [2] It was released on November 5, 2013 through ATO Records. The album was produced with the help of music supervisor Randall Poster, whose credits include work with Boardwalk Empire and Moonrise Kingdom. [3]
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and West Point Band performing "Battle Hymn of the Republic".. The "Battle Hymn of the Republic", also known as the "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" or the "Glory, Glory Hallelujah" outside of the United States, is an American patriotic song that was written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War.
2nd South Carolina String Band. The 2nd South Carolina String Band was a band of Civil War re-enactors who recreate American popular music of the 1800s with authentic instruments and in period style. The group claims to "perform Civil War music as authentically as possible . . . as it truly sounded to the soldiers of the Civil War."
Composer (s) Henry Tucker. Lyricist (s) Charles Carroll Sawyer. "When This Cruel War Is Over", also known under the title "Weeping, Sad and Lonely", is a song written by Charles Carroll Sawyer with music by Henry Tucker. Published in 1863, it was a popular war song during the American Civil War, sung by both Union and Confederate troops.