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The imagery of the vacant chair was an important symbol of a soldier's absence from his family, in both the North and South. Composer George F. Root wrote music to accompany the song, "The Vacant Chair," which became one of the most popular songs of the Civil War.
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TRAMP!
TRAMP!
TRAMP!
or the
PRISONER'S HOPE.
AS SUNG BY EDWIN KELLEY,
OF ARLINGTON KELLEY & LEON'S MINSTRELS.
Song and Chorus.
BY GEO. F. ROOT.
Published by Root & Cady,
67 Washington St.
CHICAGO.
Entered according to Act of Congress, A. D. 1851 by Ross & Cady, in the Clerk's Office of the District Courtfor the Northern District of Illinois
ROOT & CADY.
CABINET ORGANS.
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have seen, whether in Europe or America.
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me so much. GEORGE F. ROOT.
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In Plain or elegant Cases, with one to twelve Stops.
LATE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
SOPHIA POLKA......................Wimmerstedt. 23
WARBLING OF THE BIRDS,........ " 50
LONGING FOR THE SHORE,........ " 50
EVENING BELLS,..................... " 60
SHARP-SHOOTERS' MARCH,...... " 25
SHABONA SCHOTTISCH,...........Minkler. 25
DESMOINES CITY WALTZ,.........Lehman. 50
ST. PAUL WALTZ,....................Vaas. 30
GRAND MARCH,......................Faust. 30
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY'S MARCH,
.................................Merz. 25
CZAAR & ZIMMERMAN,...........Baumbach 75
POT POURRI,........................Faust 75
COQUETTE POLKA,................D'Albert. 25
Published by ROOT and CADY, 95 Clark St.
CHICAGO.
GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE NORTH--WEST.
TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP!
(THE PRISONER'S HOPE.)
Tempo di Marcia Words and Music By GEO. F. ROOT.
PIANO. (two lines of music)
1. In the pris-on cell I sit, Thinking Moth-er dear, of you, And our
2. In the bat-tle front we stood When their fierc-est charge they made, And they
3. So with-in the pris-on cell, We are wait-ing for the day That shall
(music)
bright and hap-py home so far a-way, And the tears they fill my eyes Spite of
swept us off a hun-dred men or more, But be-fore we reach'd their lines They were
come to o-pen wide the i-ron door, And the hol-low eye grows bright, And the
(music)
4.
all that I can do, Tho' I try to cheer my com-rades and be gay.
beat-en back dismayed, And we heard the cry of vict-'ry o'er and o'er.
poor heart almost gay, As we think of see-ing home and friends once more.
(2 lines music)
When the Chorus is sung, this may be omitted after the first verse.
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are march-ing. Cheer up comrades they will come,
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are march-ing. Cheer up comrades they will come,
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are march-ing. Cheer up comrades they will come,
(2 lines of music)
When the Chorus is not sung, end here.
neath the star-ry flag We shall breathe the air a-gain, of the freeland in our own be-lov-ed home.
neath the star-ry flag We shall breathe the air a-gain, of the freeland in our own be-lov-ed home.
neath the star-ry flag We shall breathe the air a-gain, of the freeland in our own be-lov-ed home.
(2 lines of music)
CHORUS.
Air
Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are march-ing, Cheer up comrades they will come.
Alto
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are march-ing on, O cheer up comrades they will come, And be-
Tenor
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marchi-ing, on, O cheer up com-rades they will come, And be-
(2 lines of music)
neath the star-ry flag We shall breathe the air a-gain, of the free-land in our own be-lov-ed home.
neath the star-ry flag We shall breathe the air a-gain, of the free-land in our own be-lov-ed home.
neath the star-ry flag We shall breathe the air a-gain, of the free-land in our own be-lov-ed home.
(2 lines of music)
A NEW METHOD FOR THE PIANO-FORTE.
240 pp. Royal Quarto
THE MUSICAL
CURRICULUM
BY GEO. F. ROOT.
This is emphatically a new book in a
new field. It provides instruction and mu-
sic, not only for the PIANO-FORTE, but also
for the things that should be studied wit
it, viz; the VOICE and HARMONY--not
harmony through the eye, but harmony
through the ear; not dry calculations, but
living and beautiful forms. It goes on the
plan that the pupil should know as well
as the chords and harmonies he is in while
playing and singing, as he does the key or
kind of time; and moreover it proves that
those things can be done by preparing
well for each subject, and then by adapt-
ing the instruction, and the music to
the state of the pupil, and making the
steps succeed each other in true progres-
sive order.
the whole book may be divided into
tow kinds of lessons--the one for musical
culture and the other for muscular culture.
Not that there is no practice for the mus-
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mainly to its own object. Those lessons
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and strengthen a love for music, and with
which are imparted a knowledge of time,
tone and expression, (Rhythmics, Melod-
ies, and Dynamics,) are written in many
pleasant and tuneful forms, and are called
exercises, peices, songs, etudes, solfeggios, etc.,
while those which are simply for the de-
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cles of the fingers, hands, and vocal or-
gans, do not pretend to be pleasant or tune-
ful, but depend upon the benefits they
confer in the way of flexibility and exe-
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are called TECHNICS, and embrace five fin-
ger exercises, scales, arpeggios, and miscel-
laneous exercises of many kinds and forms.
The contents of the book may be summed
up as follows:
Instrumental exercises of reading music, the acquire-
ment of musical knowledge, and the culturation of
the tastes, numbered, but bearing no other names than the topics they illustrate and teach ..............224
Vocal exercises and solfeggios for similar purposes......48
TECHNICS..........................................................419
Divided as follows--Five Finger Exercises................ 78
Scales, Major and Minor.................115
Arpeggios, Major and Minor.............146
Vocal...........................................45
Miscellaneous................................35
Piano lessons that may be played as duets and trios...44
Chromatic exercises..............................................21
Songs.................................................................39
Exercises in Thorough Base.....................................24
Pieces for the Piano...............................................43
Of the foregoing numbers, are used for the study of
transposition......................................................120
These, when played according to direction, increase
the lessons in the book to...................................1485
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containing fourteen specimen pages of the
same, selected so as to give n idea of its gen-
eral appearance, as well as some description
of its plan and contents.
ROOT & CADY CHICAGO.