“Glory, Hallelujah”
date: label: publishing date
content: 1861
name: label: lyricist
content: Howe, Julia Ward
label: composer
content: Steffe, William
label: publisher
content: Oliver Ditson & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music is for the song “Glory, Hallelujah” published by the Oliver Ditson Company in 1861. The cover calls it “The popular refrain of Glory Hallelujah,” otherwise known as the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and the tune had many lyrics written to it during the Civil War. The lyrics of this song read, “John Brown’s body lies a mould’ring in the grave” as well as verses about pet lambs, hanging Jefferson Davis, and being a soldier in the Army of the Lord. The cover notes that the sung was “sung by the Federal Volunteers throughout the Union.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0235.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0235
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0235.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in; 35.2425 cm x 26.9875 cm